If you've got the free PowerCLI (Powershell extensions for VMware,
basically), you can do this:
Get-VM | Sort Name | Get-Snapshot | Where { $_.Name.Length -gt 0 } | Select
VM,Name,Description,Created
(I stole this from
<http://laurensdekoning.nl/list-all-of-your-snapshots-oneliners/>)
Works like a charm, to list all your snapshots (after connecting to
you vCenter, of course).
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Cameron <[email protected]> wrote:
> And *this* would be why I love this list! I had thought it took a complete
> snapshot and that was it....so now I've just gone through getting rid of my
> old snapshots.
>
> Thanks all!
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 9:17 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Yes. I used to think snapshots were the bomb, now I treat them as "use
>> only when necessary and get rid of 'em as fast as you can". IMO snapshots
>> increase disaster recovery complexity, and when doing DR the last thing you
>> want is more complexity :-).
>>
>> Dave "delete 'em as soon as is feasible" Lum
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 6:09 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Re: did i screw up? need to fix fast.
>>
>> Good news. The snapshot took about 2 and a half hours, but finished
>> successfully. The machine powered up. I checked one location on the file
>> server and a new folder added today to the share was still there.
>> So I think this should be a good indicator that the snapshot and server
>> vmdk combined successfully. If anyone with more ESXi experience thinks I
>> should check some other method, please let me know.
>>
>> Regarding the size of the snapshot, like I said I made a mistake and never
>> deleted the snapshot when I was building the SBS. I think I created the
>> snaphot before I migrated some shares, so that might explain the size.
>>
>> I don't typically use snapshots and thusly haven't really dug into how
>> they work. To be honest I had assumed a snapshot would be a static vmdk of
>> that point in time, but from this experience I now know that isn't the case.
>>
>> Thanks for all the assistance guys. Really. I just had a few minutes of
>> freak out when it happened. The past couple of weeks I've neglected clients
>> a bit. My dad passed away suddenly and unexpectedly, so life was suddenly
>> filled with a lot of sad tasks and being there for mom.
>> This client has been super understanding, but I didn't want to tell this
>> client that I made a silly mistake and your new server is hosed.
>>
>> Everything is back up and everyone at client is now asking if I can make
>> that happen every other Friday so they can go home early.
>>
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> Sean Martin wrote:
>> > Depends on how long the snapshot was active and the data change rate
>> > of the server. That is why snapshots can be very dangerous.
>> >
>> > - Sean
>> >
>> > On Jan 20, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
>> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Its my understanding that this would be an indication of utilizing
>> >> snapshots in an very inappropriate fashion - although I still cant
>> >> fathom how you could get it *that* big.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Espi
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
>> >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Pretty big? That seem absolutely huge to me. Why would a
>> >> snapshot be that big?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Espi
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Heaton, Joseph@DFG
>> >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 300GB is a pretty big snapshot.
>> >>
>> >> Joe Heaton
>> >> ITB - Windows Server Support
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]
>> >> <mailto:[email protected]>]
>> >> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:47 PM
>> >> To: Heaton, Joseph@DFG; NT System Admin Issues
>> >> Subject: Re: did i screw up? need to fix fast.
>> >>
>> >> Almost 300 gig.
>> >>
>> >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> > Deleting snapshops can take awhile, especially if they're
>> >> large. How
>> >> > big was your snapshot?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Original Message:
>> >> > -----------------
>> >> > From: Bill Humphries [email protected]
>> >> <mailto:[email protected]>
>> >> > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:02:57 -0500
>> >> > To: [email protected]
>> >> <mailto:[email protected]>
>> >> > Subject: did i screw up? need to fix fast.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Hi all,
>> >> >
>> >> > I have a client running SBS 2011 on esxi 5 (free). The
>> >> VMstopped
>> >> > running and i got this error message:
>> >> >
>> >> > Message from esxi..company.local There is no more space for
>> >> virtual
>> >> > disk fezzik-000001.vmdk.
>> >> > You might be able to continue this session by freeing disk
>> >> space on
>> >> > the relevant volume, and clicking Retry. Click Cancel to
>> >> terminate
>> >> > this session.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > I clicked retry and it didn't work. I then clicked cancel
>> >> and went to
>> >> > delete the only existing snapshot to fee up space. Now I
>> >> see no
>> >> > options available under the power menu. the snapshot as
>> >> been deleting
>> >> > for 20 minutes and is at 80% now.
>> >> >
>> >> > I really need to get this machine back up quickly. Thanks
>> >> for any help.
>> >> >
>> >> > Bill
>> >> >
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