Deleting Old Snapshots

1.    First off, there are two ways to delete snapshots, you can delete individual ones you do not need, or you can delete all snapshots.
2.    First off, select the VM you wish to edit and then go to the Snapshots tab in vSphere. From here select the snapshot you wish to delete.

3.    Once you select the snapshot you wish to delete, select All Actions menu item and then select delete snapshot.

4.    On the popup, select Yes to confirm the deletion.

5.    Finally, you can delete all of the snapshots for the VM by clicking back on the All Actions menu.
6.    Select Delete All Snapshots in order to clear out and delete all the snapshots while consolidating all of them back into a single vmdk file.

7.    As before, just click yes on the Confirm Delete popup to confirm the delete snapshot action.

Create Cisco HyperFlex Snapshot

1.    First, you can still take your VMware snapshot on VMs running in Cisco HyperFlex, but you do not have the benefits of the HyperFlex snapshots such as:
    a.    Avoids errors with long chains of snapshots
    b.    Does not have errors with deletion of snapshots
    c.    Also saves in I/O penalties and disk consolidation time.
2.    Cisco HyperFlex snapshots are similar to VMware snapshots in how you create them. When you go through the vSphere GUI, the only difference is selecting the HyperFlex API plugin instead of the VMware snapshot selection.
3.    Log into your vSphere system and navigate to the VM you wish to create your snapshot with.
4.    Once you are on your VM you wish to snapshot, right click on the VM and then hover over the Cisco HyperFlex Platform section, and then click Snapshot Now.

5.    Type in the name of your snapshot and a brief description of it (can describe the state, or status of the VM, or whatever you wish to have in here). Once you’re done, click on OK.

6.    You should not select the Snapshot tab in vSphere for your selected VM and then verify the snapshot has been created.


Reference: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/hyperconverged_systems/HyperFlex_HX_DataPlatformSoftware/AdminGuide/3_5/b_HyperFlexSystems_AdministrationGuide_3_5.pdf

Take a VMware Snapshot

1.    First log into vSphere and locate the VM you wish to take a snapshot with.
2.    Once you are on the VM, right click on the VM, highlight Snapshots, then click on Take Snapshot.

3.    Next, fill in the following:
    a.    Type in a name for your Snapshot.
    b.    Then uncheck the “Snapshot the virtual machine’s memory” (this option will snapshot the system in its current state if you wish to keep the exact state of the machine).
    c.    Click OK

4.    Click on the VM to bring up the VM system in the vSphere and then go to the Snapshot tab.
5.    Verify your Snapshot is in the Snapshot menu.