VMware ESX SDK SnapShot Perl Script Part 3

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 6, 2009

[ Thanks to asanabria6910 for this link.
]

“You can still run this script with the Virtual Machine
Name as well…

perl vm_snapshot.pl –list –vm_name “Platinum”
name: test1
description: test snap
state: poweredOff
vm type: VirtualMachine
time created: 2009-03-18T16:21:45.447627-04:00

“You can also remove snapshots too…

perl vm_snapshot.pl –vm_name “Platinum” –delete –sn_name
“test1″ Snapshot ‘test1’ removed for VM Development Server of
Platinum”


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