Remove VM Snapshot (VMware)

This Automation Manager object removes one or all VMware snapshot against a single VM.

Install VMware.PowerCLI

Before using this VMware Automation Manager Object, you must install the PowerShell module VMware.PowerCLI.

This VMware Automation Object runs on 64-bit PowerShell, and the module must also be added to 64-bit PowerShell.

Requires PowerShell 5.0

Before using this VMware Automation Manager Object, you must install PowerShell 5.0.

Input Parameters

Name Type Required Description
Session ID String Yes This is the session ID that is generated by the VMware connection object.

This is required for this object to work.
Virtual Machine Name String Yes This is the name of the virtual machine from which you want to remove a VMware snapshot.

The field does not support wildcards, and is mandatory.
Snapshot Name String Yes Specifies the name of the snapshot to be deleted.

It supports “*” as a wildcard, which will remove all snapshots from the specified virtual machine.

Output Parameters

Name Type Description
Result Number Returns a success value of zero or any value other than zero to indicate failure.
Result String String Object execution error details.

Example Input Parameters

Name Type Required Example
Session ID String Yes ab4c55c1273cb609678a2bb6a15104e927ac8dec

10.199.2.23
Virtual Machine Name String Yes SRVExchange
Snapshot Name String Yes SRVExchange

SRV*

*