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Go To/Delete Snapshot

Let s say I have
-VM
Snapshot11-24-16

If I understand, if I select Snapshot11-24-16
then click on GO TO
then delete the snapshot
it will not Commit
Correct ?

OK.if that s the case, let s say I click Goto....then I change my mind , I want to delete and Commit.
How can this be done ?

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jskfan

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probably close out of the SNapshot Manager and go Back will be the work around ?

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jskfan

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Then 'goto' the latest snapshot and delete all

That 's when you have many snapshots and you want to revert back to the base disk, before even the first snapshot

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But How do you know if you clicked on Goto or you did not before you click Delete ?

You may think you clicked on Goto, then you click Delete, you will end up committing the change to the base disk.

Andy

You'd have to see if it's shown in a snapshot report.

You could do something like this (change the days as required):

You could do something like this
 
$taskNames = 'CreateSnapshot_Task','RemoveSnapshot_task'
 
Get-VIEvent -Start (Get-Date).AddDays(-2) -MaxSamples ([int]::MaxValue) |
where{$_ -is [VMware.Vim.TaskEvent] -and $taskNames -contains $_.Info.Name} |
Sort-Object -Property CreatedTime |
Select CreatedTime,UserName,
    @{N='VM';E={$_.VM.Name}},
    @{N='Datastore';E={(Get-View -Id $_.Vm.Vm -Property 'Config.Files.SnapshotDirectory').Config.Files.SnapshotDirectory}},
    @{N='Task';E={$_.FullFormattedMessage}}

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https://communities.vmware.com/thread/513431?start=0&tstart=0

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jskfan

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I guess the Confirmation message is the Key: