I actually tried out RVTools (www.robware.net) and it's great!
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Michael Leone <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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