PowerCLI 13.4 - Get-Snapshot reports the maximum instead of the actual snapshot limit.

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

• After upgrading from PowerCLI 12.3 (Build 17838947) to PowerCLI 13.4 (Build 24798382), the Get-Snapshot cmdlet in our VMware vSphere 8 environment no longer reports the actual space consumed by snapshots and instead returns their maximum theoretical size.
  
  
• This behavior is a regression from PowerCLI 12.3, where a simple command such as Get-VM | Get-Snapshot | Select-Object VM, SizeGB correctly showed the size of the delta VMDK files, but in 13.4 it now reports the full virtual disk size (for example, 500 GB instead of the actual 50 GB used by the delta file).

Environment

PowerCLI 13.4

Cause

Engineering has confirmed that this is expected behavior rather than a bug, and that the change was implemented in response to requests from other customers.

Resolution

A  future release ( VCF PowerCLI 9.1) will accomodate both requirements.

Additional Information

A future release (VCF PowerCLI 9.1) will support both requirements.