Create a report to list VMs with snapshots

[JJamesk]

‌is it possible to create a view/report that lists all VMs running on delta disks?

thanks

james

[JimKnopf99]

Hi,

check the following post.

vROPS Report Snapshots Older than X

Frank

[sakthivelramali]

Hi

To get a list of all VM Snapshots for VMs managed by vCenter you can type the following command:

get-vm | get-snapshot | format-list

[NelsonCandela]

I believe this question was not about how to use PowerCLI to do that rather than creating a report in vROps doing that for you!

[Kisan_VMware]

Hi ,

Pls check if this help to your query.

To list all delta disk files stored across the datastores:

1. Log in to the ESX host terminal directly or via SSH. For ESXi hosts, see Tech Support Mode for Emergency Support (1003677).

2. List delta disks stored across the datastores using:
   
   find /vmfs/volumes/ -iname "*delta.vmdk"
   
   You see output similar to:
   
   /vmfs/volumes/49d9f2d8-5a74ba2f-b589-0013724c78e6/ examplevm/ examplevm-000001-delta.vmdk
   /vmfs/volumes/49d9f2d8-5a74ba2f-b589-0013724c78e6/ examplevm/ examplevm-000002-delta.vmdk
   /vmfs/volumes/49d9f2d8-5a74ba2f-b589-0013724c78e6/ examplevm/ examplevm-000003-delta.vmdk
   /vmfs/volumes/49d9f2d8-5a74ba2f-b589-0013724c78e6/ stalevm/ stalevm-000001-delta.vmdk
   /vmfs/volumes/49d9f2d8-5a74ba2f-b589-0013724c78e6/stale vm/stale vm-000002-delta.vmdk
   /vmfs/volumes/49d9f2d8-5a74ba2f-b589-0013724c78e6/anothervm/anothervm-000001-delta.vmdk

Note: In the above example, examplevm is a legitimate virtual machine with three snapshot delta disks. stalevm is a decommissioned virtual machine that was removed from inventory, but not deleted from the datastore, unnecessarily taking up space.

KB for more informaiton -

VMware KB: Determining if there are leftover delta files or snapshots that VMware vSphere or Infrast...

[praveenkv]

Run the below script to get all VMs of all vCenters with Snapshot details :

$vm_snapshot = @()

$vm_consolidate = @()

$vc = get-content d:\snapshot\serverlist.txt

foreach ( $vcs in $vc)

{

connect-viserver $vcs

$VMs = get-vm

$vm_consolidate += $VMs | get-harddisk | select @{ n = "Virtual Center";e= { (($_.uid).split("@")[-1]).split(":")[0] }}, Parent,name,StorageFormat,Filename

$vm_snapshot +=  $VMs | get-snapshot | sort created |select @{"N" ="VirtualCenter";"E" = {$vcs}},VM,name, @{"N" ="Created";"E" = {$_.created.tostring("d")}}, description, sizeMB, powerstate

disconnect-viserver $vcs

}

$vm_consolidate | export-csv d:\snapshot\diskinfo.csv

$vm_snapshot | export-csv d:\snapshot\snapshotsinfo.csv