Creating / removing multiple snapshots through PowerCLI from a text file list

[ga2peio]

I'm very green to PowerCLI. I am looking to create multiple snapshots through PowerCLI, and pull the list of vm's from a text file.

Is this possible ?

[LucD]

Yes

[ga2peio]

Do you mind sharing what the command looks like if I want to pull the list of vm's from a text file ?

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Sure

Get-VM -Name (Get-Content -Path .\vmnames.txt)

[ga2peio]

Thank you so much ! With your command, this is what I put together.

To create new snapshots ...

Get-VM -Name (Get-Content -Path .\vmservers.txt) | New-Snapshot -Name "SnapshotName" -Description "Created $(Get-Date)" –RunAsync

To remove the snapshots from those same vm's ...

Get-VM -Name (Get-Content -Path .\servers.txt) | Get-Snapshot | Remove-Snapshot -confirm:$false

[LucD]

Nice, just watch out with the RunAsync.
Running a lot of snapshots in parallel might have a performance impact on your environment