Here is a quick function to find potentially orphaned VMs snapshots. This basically looks for VMs with active snapshots using Get-Snapshot and compares that to a list of VMs where the disk file name matches -000*.vmdk. I’ve seen problems (particularly with backup software) leaving these snapshot disks around after a VM backup terminates abnormally. This could lead to unplanned storage utilization on your array and potentially filling up the datastore(s). That’s bad
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function Find-VMsWithOrphanedSnapshots {
<#
.Synopsis
Finds potentially orphaned snapshot disks on VMs.
.Example
Find-VMsWithOrphanedSnapshots "vcenter01", "vcenter02"
.Parameter vCenters
A string array of vCenters to connec to.
.Notes
NAME: Find-VMsWithOrphanedSnapshots
VERSION: 1.1
AUTHOR: Brandon Olin
LASTEDIT: 3/19/2015
KEYWORDS: VM, Snapshot, Disk
.Link
http://devblackops.io
#Requires -Version 2.0
#>
[cmdletbinding()]
Param(
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[String[]]$vCenters
)
If ((Get-PSSnapin "VMware.VimAutomation.Core" -ea SilentlyContinue) -eq $null) {
Write-Verbose "Adding VMware snapin..."
Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core
}
foreach($vCenter in $vCenters) {
Write-Verbose "Connecting to vCenter: $vCenter"
Connect-VIServer $vcenter -verbose:$false | out-null
}
Write-Verbose "Getting VMs..."
$VMs = Get-VM -verbose:$false
Write-Verbose "Found $($VMs.count) VMs"
$VMsWithSnapshots = @()
Write-verbose "Getting snapshots..."
$snapshots = $VMs | Get-Snapshot -verbose:$false
$snapshots | % {
$VMsWithSnapshots += $_.VM.Name
}
$VMsWithSnapshots = $VMsWithSnapshots | Sort
Write-Verbose "Found $($VMsWithSnapshots.count) snapshots"
$VMsWithSnapshotDisks = @()
$vmDisks = @()
Write-Verbose "Getting all VM disks. This may take some time..."
$VMs | Get-HardDisk -Verbose:$false | % {
$tmp = "" | Select VM, FileName
$tmp.VM = $_.Parent.Name
$tmp.FileName = $_.FileName
$vmDisks += $tmp
}
$snapshotDisks = $vmDisks | ? {$_.Filename -like '*-*000*.vmdk'}
$snapshotDisks | Group VM | % {
$VMsWithSnapshotDisks += $_.Name
}
$VMsWithSnapshotDisks = $VMsWithSnapshotDisks | Sort
Write-Verbose "Found $($VMsWithSnapshotDisks.Count) VMs with active snapshots"
$result = @()
foreach ($VM in $VMsWithSnapshotDisks) {
if ($VMsWithSnapshots -notcontains $VM) {
$tmp = "" | Select VM, Disks
$tmp.VM = $VM
$tmp.Disks = $vmDisks | ? {$_.VM -eq $VM} | Select FileName
$result += $tmp
}
}
Write-Verbose "Found $($result.Count) VMs with potentially orphaned snapshots"
return $result
}
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