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Be patient with me. It is now reading the input file and it is also creating the report but it is not doing the most important part, removing the snapshot. I checked to make sure the description field does have patch which it does. The contents of the description field is"Patch Management 2010-04-28-0939". Am I using the wrong command for Removing the snapshot?

Here is what the code snippet looks like for me now: $vCenter = connect-viserver ATL4VCS01 $Date = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd-HHmm" This is the report file $filelocation = "C:\temp\SnapsDeleted-$Date.csv" This is the input file for snapshot creation script $list = Get-Content C:\temp\vms.txt $vm = $list | Get-VM | Sort-Object $vm | Get-Snapshot | Where { $_.Description -like "Patch"} | Remove-Snapshot -Confirm:$false | Out-Null So at this point I have replaced the line and this is the complete error I get when running it in debug: Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'Datastore'. Strings as pipeline input are not supported. At :line:31 char:20 + $vm = $list | Get-VM <<<< | Sort-Object Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'Datastore'. Strings as pipeline input are not supported. At :line:31 char:20 + $vm = $list | Get-VM <<<< | Sort-Object Value cannot be found for the mandatory parameter VM At :line:32 char:18 + $vm | Get-Snapshot <<<< | Where { $_.Description -like "Patch"} | Remove-Snapshot -Confirm:$false | Out-Null

I tried that and I get the below. "System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock". At :line:32 char:20 + $vm | ForEach-Object <<<< Get-Snapshot | Where { $_.Description -like "Patch"}|Remove-Snapshot -Snapshot $_ -Confirm:$false | Out-Null