Does anyone have an update script for making and removing snapshots in VMware?

I would like to use it together with Windows update scripts to search and install updates.

Hi there,

You could install PowerCLI on the machine and then use it from Pulseway to create snapshots. All you need to do is create a snapshot before running updates:

https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.powercli.cmdletref.doc%2FNew-Snapshot.html

I would keep the snapshot until you find updates again and at that point you delete the old snapshot and create a new one.

Get-VM | Get-Snapshot | Remove Snapshot

Make sure you add a filter to the first Get-VM call and maybe add a filter on the Get-Snapshot too by name.

-Paul