Comments on: Set VMware Snapshot Location with Powershell

By: Carl Knox

Carl Knox — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 02:34:24 +0000

My previous email might be misleading. You should be at a PowerCLI prompt, not a PowerShell prompt.

PowerCLI>> .”C:\Scripts\Set-VMSnapshotLocation.ps1″
PowerCLI>> Set-VMSnapshotLocation -vm vm01 -location “[datastore]”
PowerCLI>> Set-VMSnapshotLocation -vm vm02 -reset

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By: Carl Knox

Carl Knox — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:25:46 +0000

The key to adding the function was the fully qualified path. Using .\Set-VMSnapshotLocation.ps1 from my scripts folder did not add the function to my session.

You should verify the function was added before executing…

PS>> get-childitem function:set*

By: Carl Knox

Carl Knox — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:19:51 +0000

I struggled a bit with getting this to work. Here’s how I got it to work.

PS>> .”C:\Scripts\Set-VMSnapshotLocation.ps1″
PS>> Set-VMSnapshotLocation -vm vm01 -location “datastore”
PS>> Set-VMSnapshotLocation -vm vm01 -location “datastore”

The first line adds the function(s) within the .ps1 file to your PS session, which can then be called directly with parameters. I’ll probably rename the .sp1 file to something shorter, in my environment.

By: Todd Rorie

Todd Rorie — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:22:06 +0000

Running the command on one VM comes back with Set-VMSnapshotLocation is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet. We are running 4.1 U1. Cannot find any mention of this cmdlet anywhere except your site. Something I need to add to PowerCLI to get this to work? Thanks.

By: Eddie B

Eddie B — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:28:36 +0000

Love the script – thanks.

Your script sets the workingdir which affects both swap and snapshots, but I’d like to keep my swap files with the vm. Do you know how to set sched.swap.dir on-the-fly? I can only find references to editing the vmx file.

By: Marty

Marty — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:29:05 +0000

where did you get the Set-VMSnapshotLocation cmdlet?

By: admin

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:32:53 +0000

It does not show any output. It updates the vmx file. You can check it worked by looking at the working location in Edit Settings.
Hugo

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:22:31 +0000

Does this script work with vCenter 4.1? When I run it, nothing happens.

By: Changing snapshot location without VM downtime « a CraZy PeNguIn

Changing snapshot location without VM downtime « a CraZy PeNguIn — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:00:46 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:58:27 +0000

Hi Wolfi,
Tanks.
I don’t have the time to write a script for you right away. But search for PowerCLI Snapshots Get-VIEvent and you might find something.
I know the info you need is not included in the properties of a snapshot, so you have to retrieve it from the event generated when a snapshot is created.
Hugo