Before upgrading my NSX-T nodes I wanted to take a snapshot. To my surprise, I was not able to do so, as I received an error message: Exceeded the maximum number of permitted snapshots. There were no snapshots for this particular virtual machine. Having looked at the KB provided by VMware I learned that settings…
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How to automate snapshot deletion with vROps 8.6
In this video I will show you how to leverage automation introduced in the vRealize Operations 8.6 We all know that snapshots can grow very quickly, hence in our best interest, as admins, is to make sure VMs are not running on snapshots longer than a few (the less the better) days. Of course, we…
Read moreHow to check if VMs are running snapshots using vROps 8.6
We all know that snapshots can grow very quickly, hence in our best interest, as admins, is to make sure VMs are not running on snapshots longer than a few (the less the better) days. Of course, we can run quick PowerShell code to check our inventory, but if you like me like visual content,…
Read moreHow to remove stale (orphaned) snapshots in the datastore on which the virtual machine resides
One of my servers went into a hung state. We tried to reboot it but the reboot filed and the task eventually timeout. The same server was hung a few days back, storage team deleted the backup job, to kill the daily NetBackup snaps. The VM came up fine but went into the hung state…
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