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How to remove Snapshot in Hyper-V
User generated imageUser generated imageUser generated imageHi,
 
 I have Windows 2012 Hyper-V with several VMs. I did not notice this until recently, but I noticed (1) TS1_8B2A55E7-3F02-4716-B004-E82F17430F98.avhdx file along with TS1.vhdx
and (2) APP1_2A75C8C8-075F-4363-8CED-892A48775A16.avhdx along with APP1.vhdx.


I did not create snapshots by myself but I remember APP1 and TS1 frozen, so I had to turn off these VMs in Hyper-V Manager and turn it back on once or twice.

My question is, if I did not create them personally, who created it and why?
How can I remove these? Fyi I created a snapshot for Tax2 VM ( Tax2_4277DCEB-6D56-437C-9248-3A022D7407F2.avhdx ) as guinea pig.

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I tried the method above on TAX2 VM and the snapshot is gone now from Hyper-V manager, Virtual Machine folder and Snapshot folder.

I will try it on TS1 and APP1 sometime this week. I am replacing this server with a newer Hyper-V Server, so I will try to remove these snapshots after new Hyper-V server is up and running to be on safe side.
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Thats fine
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I  have a question.
Is there a way to get an alert/report automatically when "unwanted" snapshot(s) are created?
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Thanks for the information.
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I finally got this server in my lab and was able to remove snapshots. It took a while, but avhdx files have been merged into .vhdx.

Thanks for your help.
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nice to hear that...

thanks.
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Hyper-V is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems and supersedes Windows Virtual PC as the hardware virtualization component of the client editions of Windows NT. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks. Hyper-V Server supports remote access via Remote Desktop Connection. Administration and configuration of the host OS and the guest virtual machines is generally done over the network.