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Cannot remove Snapshot

  • April 5, 2023
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Hi all, i have a 2019 windows server virtual on Hyper-v enviroment. i have three snapshot create from Veeam community ed. that a cannot delete.

hov can i do ?? thank you

Riccardo

    Chris.Childerhose
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    coolsport00
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    • coolsport00
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    • April 5, 2023

    Hi @RiccardoDaRos ...are these snaps on the VMs you backed up? Are the VMs not being backed up currently? I don't use Hyper-V in my environment, but in vSphere sometimes Veeam snaps stay on the backed up VMs. To remove them, at least in VMware, you have to take a snap of the VM, retain the snap for a minute or two, then you commit all the snapshots. My assumption is this is the same for Hyper-V. 

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    Chris.Childerhose
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    Hello @RiccardoDaRos 

    Make sure that checkpoint is enabled in integrated services. If enabled, make sure there is enough free space in the datastore.

    Make sure you configured the antivirus exclusion list:

    https://www.veeam.com/kb1999

    Some viruses lock the deleting of snapshot, so make sure that your Hyper-V host is free from viruses.

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    Chris.Childerhose
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    Chris.Childerhose
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    You can use either Hyper-V Manager to remove the snapshots or PowerShell as well.  Here is how in Hyper-V Manager.

    Hyper-V Manager Console with Delete Checkpoint option shown

    For PowerShell you can use -

    Get-VM -Name <VMName> | Get-VMSnapShot -Name <CheckpointName> | Remove-VMSnapshot

     

    Hope this helps.

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    • marco_s
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    • April 5, 2023

    Do you have an off-host proxy? It could have a mounted snapshot as hot-add for VMWare..

    Marco Sorrentino - Italy | System Engineer | VMCE & VMCA
    Chris.Childerhose
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    • Iams3le
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    • April 7, 2023

    You can use either Hyper-V Manager to remove the snapshots or PowerShell as well.  Here is how in Hyper-V Manager.

    Hyper-V Manager Console with Delete Checkpoint option shown

    For PowerShell you can use -

    Get-VM -Name <VMName> | Get-VMSnapShot -Name <CheckpointName> | Remove-VMSnapshot

     

    Hope this helps.

    Hi @RiccardoDaRos, have you tried any of these steps mentioned by @Chris.Childerhose . Unfortunately, there are no images from you. What state is the checkpoint in?

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