Comments on: Search for VM Snapshots from the Service Console

By: Professional VMware » Blog Archive » ESX Snapshots – Careful Running With Those Scissors

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:13:38 +0000

[...] Brambley from VM/ETC has also posted a number of articles on snapshots. All of them good. Especially this one on finding open snapshots: [...]

By: ESX snapshots are like a loaded gun | VM /ETC

ESX snapshots are like a loaded gun | VM /ETC — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:42:10 +0000

[...] posted about dealing with ESX snapshots before, but it seems to always be a topic that resurfaces. It’s [...]

By: Bruce Spies

Bruce Spies — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:32:23 +0000

how about this version of what Evan posted? it will tell you the size of the snapshot as well:

find /vmfs/volumes -type f -name ‘*.vmsn’ -exec ls -lh {\} \;

By: Bruce Spies

Bruce Spies — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:32:00 +0000

how about this version of what Evan posted? it will tell you the size of the snapshot as well:

find /vmfs/volumes -type f -name ‘*.vmsn’ -exec ls -lh {} ;

By: Virtualization Short Take #12 - blog.scottlowe.org - The weblog of an IT pro specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:59:20 +0000

[...] of VM /ETC shares with us a “Doh!” moment he had when he saw this simple method for identifying VMs with snapshots. Sometimes it’s the simplest solutions that evade us the longest. Here’s what I want to [...]

By: Evan Ramos

Evan Ramos — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:53:36 +0000

Nice! Always good to know other ways in looking for snapshots via commandline.

I like to use this command:
find ./ -name *delta.vmdk

Grabs all/any residing in /vmfs/volumes

By: Evan Ramos

Evan Ramos — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:53:00 +0000

Nice! Always good to know other ways in looking for snapshots via commandline.

I like to use this command:
find ./ -name *delta.vmdk

Grabs all/any residing in /vmfs/volumes

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:20:23 +0000

Duncan,

I always forget about the find command. Thanks!