ESX3i - Can I Delete Snapshots from console/command line?

[Scissor]

In ESX3i deleting a larger snapshot from the VI Client takes so long that the client times out and appears to block all connected VI Clients. Is there a way I can delete snapshots from the (unsupported) console?

[lamw · Accepted solution]

Yes you can, just know it's unsupported but works, take a look here:

vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.removeall [VmId]
vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.remove [VmId] [removeChildren] [snapshotLevel] [snapshotIndex]

You can also take a look at the vCLI/RCLI Utility snapshotmanager.pl

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[Scissor]

Cool I am going to try that now!

Looks like I get a list of the VmIds by running the vmsvc/getallvms command. cool....

[Scissor]

To list out the Vmids for all your VMs:

vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms

Then take the Vmid of the machine you want to delete all snapshots from and run:

vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.removeall [VmId]

Thank you lamw !