VMW_RemoveOldSnapshots.ps1
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<#PSScriptInfo .VERSION 1.1 .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 Added Param block to enable running this script and passing in the day value as well as vCenter Server name. #> <# .DESCRIPTION This script removes VMware VM snapshots that are older than 14 days #> [CmdletBinding()] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,HelpMessage='Enter number of days for the oldest snapshot to be kept.')] [string]$DeleteOlderThan, [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,HelpMessage='Enter your vCenter server name')] [string]$VIServer ) # Imports PowerCLI Module Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core # Connects to the vCenter or ESXi servers Connect-VIServer $VIServer # 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 $VIServer -Confirm:$false # Unloads the PowerCLI module Remove-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core |