How do I Schedule Tasks for Snapshot Deletion for a Group of Virtual Machines

With vSphere 8.0 Update 3, you have the flexibility to schedule a task for snapshot deletion for multiple virtual machines so that you can optimize your work.

To schedule a task for shapshot deletion of multiple virtual machines, perform the follwing steps.

Prerequisites

Required privileges:

Virtual machine.Snapshot management.Remove Snapshot on the virtual machine.
Scheduled task.Create tasks

Procedure

Navigate to and select an ESXi host in the inventory.
Click the VMs tab and select the virtual machines you want to schedule a snapshot deletion.
Right-click the selection and select Snapshots > Schedule Snapshots Deletion.
To schedule the task, complete the steps in the wizard.

Results

After scheduling snapshot deletion tasks, you can view detailed information about each task, such as the planned period and the exact time the following deletion process will run.