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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nFor step 1 of our reclaim job, we’ll enter a job name & select ‘Delete old snapshots.’ We have an opportunity to add a description and specify various snapshot details, like only deleting snapshots older than 7 days, filtering by size or matching a specific snapshot name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For step 2, we’ll define a scope, selecting specific objects that contain the VMs we want this automation to target. In the screenshot below, we’ve picked all of one vCenter, another Datacenter, and a specific cluster from a 3rd vCenter. This allows us to create different job scopes for different types of environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In step 3, we can define additional filter criteria. This is incredibly flexible. In the example below I’ve specified 3 different criteria combined with ‘and’ logic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We can add additional criteria on other metrics, properties, tags, object names, etc as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the final step 4 we can schedule how often this task runs. In my example this job is only running on Saturdays for the next year, and it will send a email updates as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VCF Operations Automation Central is a very powerful tool and can be used to automate routine tasks such as snapshot removal. If you’re not yet using Automation Central, i’s worth exploring to streamline operations and reduce manual effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Managing snapshots in vSphere environments is a task that folks have dealt with for years. I remember one of my first PowerCLI scripts was one that sent email notifications for snapshots over a week old to review and manually clean … Continue reading <\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n
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