Need to delete snapshot from 90 servers in one shot through powercli

[Asif787]

Hello can someone provide me script for deleting snapshot in one shot from 90 servers through powercli script.

[scott28tt]

"servers" as in you have 90 VMs or as in you have 90 ESXi hosts?

Either way, are they managed by the same vCenter Server, or by multiple vCenter Servers?

[Asif787]

I want to delete old snapshot from 90 VM's in one shot through powercli .Appreciate for your quick update.

[scott28tt]

VMs managed by the same vCenter Server or by multiple vCenter Servers?

[Asif787]

All 90 VM's are managed by same vcenter.

[yosingh]

Hi Asif787

Connect to any vCenter Server and Run below script, It will delete all the snapshot older than 90 days on all the VMs for connected vCenter Server.

#vCenter Server wise script

$snap = Get-VM | get-snapshot | Where { $_.Created -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-90)}

remove-snapshot -snapshot $snap -confirm:$false

Note: I would not recommend to run the script for all the VMs in a VC, better run cluster-wise

#Cluster-wise script

$cluster = "your_cluster_name"

$snap = Get-cluster $cluster | Get-VM | get-snapshot | Where { $_.Created -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-90)}

remove-snapshot -snapshot $snap -confirm:$false

[Asif787]

Hello yosingh,

I don't want to delete snapshot from all vm's or cluster wise..i have 90VM's I want to delete old vm's from those 90 VM's only.

please let me know if there is any script to delete old snapshot from specific list of vm's.

[scott28tt]

Unless the 90 VMs have something in common such as part of their name, you will probably need to create a CSV file and have your script read that file.

[yosingh · Accepted solution]

Hi, can try this.

#Copy the VM names into VMnames.txt file under C:\VMnames.txt and run it, Before running below lines connect to all the vCenter Server where your 50 VMs are residing.

$VMs = Get-Content -LiteralPath C:\VMnames.txt

$snap = Get-VM  $VMs |  get-snapshot | Where { $_.Created -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-90)}

remove-snapshot -snapshot $snap -confirm:$false

[Asif787]

Thank you so much yosingh ...I really appreciate your quick help.

[Asif787]

Thank you so much scot28tt for your quick response .I have got the correct script answer from yosingh.

[AmeyAbl4]

Hi YoSingh,

Thank you for the script.

Can I use the same script for snapshot removal as per age limit.

Age limit set to 120 days or 180 days.

Please reply. Thank You in advance.