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As you know, VM Snapshots can consume space and cause performance issues in your vSphere environment. Because of that, we want to maintain proper VM Snapshot hygiene. We’d like to know which VMs have Snapshots, how big they are, how old they are, and more. Out of the box, Aria Operations […]<\/p>\n

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VMware Aria Operations and VM Snapshots As you know, VM Snapshots can consume space and cause performance issues in your vSphere environment. Because of that, we want to maintain proper VM Snapshot hygiene. We’d like to know which VMs have Snapshots, how big they are, how old they are, and more. 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