Note: The preceding log excerpts are only examples. Date, time, and environmental variables may vary depending on the environment.
VMware vCenter Server 7.x
VMware vCenter Server 8.x
VMware ESXi 7.x
VMware ESXi 8.x
pre-freeze
and post-thaw
scripts which are a feature of VMware Tools.vim-cmd
command, set the option of quiescing to 0.vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms
vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.create vmid [snapshotName] [snapshotDescription] [includeMemory] [quiesced]
testVM
has a VMID of 23
, the command is:vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.create 23 "SnapName" "Snap Description" 0 0
vmware-cmd
command, set the option of quiescing to 0.vmware-cmd cfg createsnapshot name description quiesce memory
vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/<datastore-uuid>/VMname/VMname.vmx createsnapshot "Snap Name" "Snap Description" 0 0
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