Simple Way to Delete all Snapshots on vSphere - PowerCLI
Have our virtualization environment free of snapshots is a best practice to prevent low storage problems and performance degradation. Check you environment for snapshots older than 7 day's, using the command: Get-VM | Get-Snapshot |Where { $_ .Created -lt ( Get-Date ).AddDays(-7)}| Select-Object VM,Name,Created, @ {N= "SizeGB" ; E={ [math] :: round( $_ .SizeGB, 1)}} | FT Delete all snapshots for a specific VM run: Get-VM MYVM-NAME| Get-Snapshot | Remove-Snapshot -RemoveChildren -Confirm : $False If you want delete all snapshots for all VM's use: Get-VM | Get-Snapshot | Remove-Snapshot -RemoveChildren -Confirm : $False Sometimes delete snapshots fail in consolidation process and snapshot manager don't show snapshots. To check if all VM's are OK run: Get-VM | Where-Object { $_ .Extensiondata.Runtime.ConsolidationNeeded} To start consolitation process execute: Get-VM | Where-Object { $_ .Extensiondata.Runtime.Consolidation