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Hyperv Checkpoint

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April 8, 2026
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hs08
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Some of Hyper-V VM have Veeam recovery Checkpoint. The backup job is running successfull every day but why seem veeam not delete this checkpoint? I tried to remove this but there no option to delete this checkpoint.

Best answer by Tommy O'Shea

I found this recent community post by @ClimbUp that might be helpful for you, in it they include the following powershell commands to get rid of the checkpoints. If there is no Veeam backup job running on those VMs, the checkpoint is safe to remove.

1. Open the Windows PowerShell ISE as administrator.
2. Get the checkpoint exact name with the command:
    Get-VMSnapshot
Provide the VMName when prompted.
3. Run the command:
  Get-VM -Name <VMName> | Get-VMSnapShot -Name <CheckpointName> | Remove-VMSnapshot
4. Verify that the checkpoint has been successfully deleted with the command:
  Get-VMSnapshot

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Tommy O'Shea
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Answer
Forum|Forum|9 hours ago
April 8, 2026

I found this recent community post by @ClimbUp that might be helpful for you, in it they include the following powershell commands to get rid of the checkpoints. If there is no Veeam backup job running on those VMs, the checkpoint is safe to remove.

1. Open the Windows PowerShell ISE as administrator.
2. Get the checkpoint exact name with the command:
    Get-VMSnapshot
Provide the VMName when prompted.
3. Run the command:
  Get-VM -Name <VMName> | Get-VMSnapShot -Name <CheckpointName> | Remove-VMSnapshot
4. Verify that the checkpoint has been successfully deleted with the command:
  Get-VMSnapshot

Tommy O’Shea, VMCE, VMCE-SP, VMCA