Get-VMSnapshot

SafeList snapshots

Get-VMSnapshot -VM <name>

Lists a VM's snapshots; lingering ones eat disk space.

Examples

Get-VMSnapshot -VM web01List snapshots

Syntax

Get-VMSnapshot -VM <name> (PowerCLI / Hyper-V)

Before you run it

Read-only.

Used when you see

VM running slow

Look for old snapshots/checkpoints

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Related commands

Checkpoint-VMHyper-V checkpoint
vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvmsESXi VM list/control

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