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Automated snapshot deletion after x number of days

Is there a way to automatically delete a scheduled snapshot after x number of days.  There's a VM that has issues and, we're constantly restoring it from backup.  I can schedule a daily snapshot of the VM but, I have to also remember to delete it every single day. Sure, i could do a power CLI script and schedule it to run with some scheduler but, I'd still have to check it every once in a while to make sure it's still running.

I've put in a feature request to add "Delete snapshot after x days" when you schedule a snapshot.

Way back, maybe 10 years ago when Vmware owned Shavlik for patching, you could apply Windows updates through Vmware Update Manager.  It worked great.  You could schedule it to take a snapshot of the VM before applying patches then, automatically delete the snapshot x number of days later.  We usually did it 2 days later. So I know the hooks are in there somewhere to do this.  Am I just missing something?

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