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Delete snapshot and monitor progress and display success if 100% successful or error for each VM.

BBB36 — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 05:24:12 GMT

I have this script with the intention of monitoring the snapshot deletion progress and stating if it was successful or not for each VM.
Right now when I run it, it doesn't do anything. Can someone please help modify it so that it can output the progress and success of a snapshot deletion for each VM? Thanks.

$vCenterCredential = Get-Credential -Message "Enter account with access to the vCenter(s)" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; $vCenters = Get-Content -Path "D:\Scripts\vclist.txt" Connect-VIServer -Server $vCenters -Credential $vCenterCredential -Protocol https | Out-Null $vmlist = Get-Content "D:\Scripts\vmlist.txt" foreach($vm in $vmlist) { Get-VM -Name $vm | Get-Snapshot | ForEach-Object -Process { Remove-Snapshot -Snapshot $_ -Confirm:$false -RunAsync $current = Get-Task | where {$_.Name -eq 'RemoveSnapshot_Task' -and 'Running','Queued' -contains $_.State} $runningTasks = $taskTab.Count while ($runningTasks -gt 0) { Get-Task | % { if ($taskTab.ContainsKey($_.Id) -and $_.State -eq "Success") { $vm = Get-VM $taskTab[$_.Id] Write-Host $vm snapshot is being deleted. -foregroundcolor red $taskTab.Remove($_.Id) $runningTasks-- } elseif ($taskTab.ContainsKey($_.Id) -and $_.State -eq "Error") { $taskTab.Remove($_.Id) $runningTasks-- } } } } }

Re: Delete snapshot and monitor progress and display success if 100% successful or error for each VM

LucD — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 07:36:16 GMT

You didn't specify that $taskTab is a hash table, and there are a couple of other things missing.
Try something like this

$vCenterCredential = Get-Credential -Message "Enter account with access to the vCenter(s)" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; $vCenters = Get-Content -Path "D:\Scripts\vclist.txt" Connect-VIServer -Server $vCenters -Credential $vCenterCredential -Protocol https | Out-Null $taskTab = @{} $vmlist = Get-Content "D:\Scripts\vmlist.txt" Get-VM -Name $vmlist -PipelineVariable vm | Get-Snapshot -PipelineVariable snap | ForEach-Object -Process { $task = Remove-Snapshot -Snapshot $_ -Confirm:$false -RunAsync $taskTab.Add($task.Id, "VM: $($vm.Name) - Snapshot: $($snap.Name)") } $runningTasks = $taskTab.Count while ($runningTasks -gt 0) { Get-Task | ForEach-Object { if ($taskTab.ContainsKey($_.Id) -and $_.State -eq "Success") { Write-Host "$($taskTab[$_.Id]) was deleted." -ForegroundColor red $taskTab.Remove($_.Id) $runningTasks-- } elseif ($taskTab.ContainsKey($_.Id) -and $_.State -eq "Error") { $taskTab.Remove($_.Id) $runningTasks-- } } }

Re: Delete snapshot and monitor progress and display success if 100% successful or error for each VM

BBB36 — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 14:31:24 GMT

Excellent as always. Thank you.