diff --git a/GetVPGInfo.ps1 b/GetVPGInfo.ps1
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+#################################################################
+# ZVMEmailAlerts.ps1
+# 
+# By Justin Paul, Zerto Technical Alliances Architect
+# Contact info: jp@zerto.com
+# Repo: https://www.github.com/recklessop/ZertoScripts
+#
+# This script looks for Alerts in ZVM in the "Warning" status and
+# sends an email with relevant information to the administrator.
+#
+# For a list of warnings see this PDF
+# http://s3.amazonaws.com/zertodownload_docs/Latest/Guide%20to%20Alarms,%20Alerts%20and%20Events.pdf
+#
+# Note this script is provided as-is and comes with no warranty.
+# The author takes no responsability for dataloss or corruption of any kind.
+# Also this script is not supported by Zerto Technical Support.
+#
+# With that said, the script only uses "GET" commands so you should be pretty safe.
+#
+#################################################################
+
+################ Variables for your script ######################
+
+$strZVMIP = "172.16.1.20"
+$strZVMPort = "9669"
+$strZVMUser = "administrator@vsphere.local"
+$strZVMPwd = "myPassword"
+$vpgName = "myVPG"
+
+############### ignore self signed SSL ##########################
+if (-not ([System.Management.Automation.PSTypeName]'ServerCertificateValidationCallback').Type)
+{
+$certCallback = @"
+    using System;
+    using System.Net;
+    using System.Net.Security;
+    using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
+    public class ServerCertificateValidationCallback
+    {
+        public static void Ignore()
+        {
+            if(ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback ==null)
+            {
+                ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback += 
+                    delegate
+                    (
+                        Object obj, 
+                        X509Certificate certificate, 
+                        X509Chain chain, 
+                        SslPolicyErrors errors
+                    )
+                    {
+                        return true;
+                    };
+            }
+        }
+    }
+"@
+    Add-Type $certCallback
+ }
+[ServerCertificateValidationCallback]::Ignore()
+#################################################################
+
+## Perform authentication so that Zerto APIs can run. Return a session identifier that needs tobe inserted in the header for subsequent requests.
+function getxZertoSession ($userName, $password){
+    $baseURL = "https://" + $strZVMIP + ":" + $strZVMPort
+    $xZertoSessionURL = $baseURL +"/v1/session/add"
+    $authInfo = ("{0}:{1}" -f $userName,$password)
+    $authInfo = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($authInfo)
+    $authInfo = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($authInfo)
+    $headers = @{Authorization=("Basic {0}" -f $authInfo)}
+    $contentType = "application/json"
+    $xZertoSessionResponse = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $xZertoSessionURL -Headers $headers -Method POST -Body $body -ContentType $contentType
+    #$xZertoSessionResponse = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $xZertoSessionURL -Headers $headers -Body $body -Method POST
+    return $xZertoSessionResponse.headers.get_item("x-zerto-session")
+}
+
+#Extract x-zerto-session from the response, and add it to the actual API:
+$xZertoSession = getxZertoSession $strZVMUser $strZVMPwd
+$zertoSessionHeader = @{"x-zerto-session"=$xZertoSession}
+$zertoSessionHeader_xml = @{"Accept"="application/xml"
+"x-zerto-session"=$xZertoSession}
+
+################ Your Script starts here #######################
+#Invoke the Zerto API:
+$peerListApiUrl = "https://" + $strZVMIP + ":"+$strZVMPort+"/v1/vpgs"
+
+#Iterate with JSON:
+$vpgListJSON = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $peerListApiUrl -Headers $zertoSessionHeader
+foreach ($vpg in $vpgListJSON){
+	if ( $vpg.VpgName -eq $vpgName ){
+	$vpg
+	}
+}
+##End of script
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diff --git a/ZertoMySQLCheckpoint.sh b/ZertoMySQLCheckpoint.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+##############################################################################
+# ZertoMySQLCheckpoint.sh
+#
+# Created by Justin Paul, Tech Alliances Architect, Zerto
+# Contact at jp@zerto.com or on Twitter at @recklessop
+#
+# This script does the following:
+# 1.) Lock all MySQL tables and flush data to disk.
+# 2.) Call Zerto REST API and insert a User defined Checkpoint
+# 3.) Unlock the MySQL tables and resume normal operations
+#
+# You must provide the VPGID for the VPG that needs the checkpoint inserted.
+# To get this information
+##############################################################################
+
+##### Variables Replace with your information #####
+ZVMIP="172.16.1.20"
+ZVMPORT="9669"
+ZVMUSER="administrator@vsphere.local"
+ZVMPWD="mypassword"
+VPGID="97b4b6be-5447-491b-bd10-be3600c91ff0"
+MYSQLUSER="adminuser"
+MYSQLPASSWORD="adminpassword"
+
+##### Write Date Time to Log file #####
+
+##### Login to Zerto REST API #####
+curl -k -D responseHeader -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" --user $ZVMUSER:$ZVMPWD https://${ZVMIP}:${ZVMPORT}/v1/session/add -d "{\"AuthenticationMethod\":0}"
+COOKIE=`cat responseHeader | grep x-zerto-session`
+SESSION=$(echo "$COOKIE"|tr -d '\r')
+echo "---------------------------------" >> ZertoCheckpointInsert.log
+echo $SESSION >> ZertoCheckpointInsert.log
+echo "---------------------------------" >> ZertoCheckpointInsert.log
+
+##### Lock and Flush MySQL Databases #####
+outputLock=$(mysql --user="${MYSQLUSER}" --password="${MYSQLPASSWORD}" --execute=' flush tables with read lock;' 2>&1)
+echo $outputLock >> ZertoCheckpointInsert.log
+
+##### Insert Zerto User Checkpoint #####
+INSERTOUTPUT=$(curl -k -H "${SESSION}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -X POST -d '{"checkpointName":"MySQL Quiesced Checkpoint"}' https://${ZVMIP}:${ZVMPORT}/v1/vpgs/"${VPGID}"/Checkpoints)
+echo $responseHeader >> ZertoCheckpointInsert.log
+
+##### Lock and Flush MySQL Databases #####
+outputUnlock=$(mysql --user="${MYSQLUSER}" --password="${MYSQLPASSWORD}" --execute=' unlock tables;' 2>&1)
+echo $outputUnlock >> ZertoCheckpointInsert.log
+