VMW_RemoveOldSnapshots.ps1
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<#PSScriptInfo .VERSION 1.0 .GUID 897cb0d5-76d2-41e7-96ef-f2ca7eb5a143 .AUTHOR Andrew Anderson - Twitter @drewjanderson .COMPANYNAME AndersonTech .COPYRIGHT .TAGS PowerCLI VMware Snapshots .LICENSEURI .PROJECTURI .ICONURI .EXTERNALMODULEDEPENDENCIES PowerCLI .REQUIREDSCRIPTS .EXTERNALSCRIPTDEPENDENCIES .RELEASENOTES Tested and now ready for release #> <# .DESCRIPTION This script removes VMware VM snapshots that are older than 14 days #> # Script Variables $todaysdate = Get-Date -UFormat '%Y-%m-%d' $deleteolderthan = '14' $viservername = @('vcenter1', 'vcenter2') # Imports PowerCLI Module Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core # Connects to the vCenter or ESXi servers Connect-VIServer $viservername # Collects VM snapshot information for all VMs where the snapshots are older than days specified $snapshots = Get-VM | Get-Snapshot | Where-Object {$_.Created -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-$deleteolderthan)} # Removes snapshots older than days specified $snapshots | Remove-Snapshot -RemoveChildren -RunAsync -Confirm:$false # Disconnects from the connected vCenter or ESXi servers Disconnect-VIServer $viservername -Confirm:$false # Unloads the PowerCLI module Remove-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core |