Ok, I understand this one is done “to death” already, but anyway, here is my take on it. I had a need for something a bit more optimized than the Get-Snapshot command, so I had to use Get-View. I also needed the possibility of either getting all snapshots, or filter on VM name.

So here it is:


function Get-VMWareSnapshot {
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
# vSphere server(s) to connect to
[Parameter()]
[string[]] $VIServer,
# Filter snapshots on VM Name
[Parameter()]
[string[]] $VMName
)
try {
# Check if VMWare snapin is loaded, and load it if it's not
if ((Get-PSSnapin Name 'VMWare.VimAutomation.Core' ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue') -eq $null) {
Add-PSSnapin Name 'VMWare.VimAutomation.Core'
Write-Verbose 'VMWare.VimAutomation.Core snapin loaded'
}
if ($PSBoundParameters['VIServer']) {
# Connect to VIserver(s)
Connect-VIServer Server $VIServer WarningAction 'SilentlyContinue' | Out-Null
Write-Verbose 'Connected to VIServer(s)'
}
if ($PSBoundParameters['VMName']) {
# if more than one name is given, generate correct regex for the filtering
if ($VMName.Length -gt 1) {
$regexString = ($VMName | ForEach-Object {"($($_)`$)"}) -Join '|'
$snapshots = Get-View ViewType 'VirtualMachine' Property Name,Snapshot Filter @{"Name"=$regexString;"Snapshot"="VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineSnapshotinfo"}
}
# if only one name is given, the filter is easier
else {
$snapshots = Get-View ViewType 'VirtualMachine' Property Name,Snapshot Filter @{"Name"="$($VMName)`$";"Snapshot"="VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineSnapshotinfo"}
}
Write-Verbose 'Got data from vSphere'
}
# if the name parameter is not used, no filtering is done
else {
$snapshots = Get-View ViewType 'VirtualMachine' Property Name,Snapshot Filter @{"Snapshot"="VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineSnapshotinfo"}
Write-Verbose 'Got data from vSphere'
}
if ($snapshots) {
foreach ($snapshot in $snapshots){
Write-Output (,([PSCustomObject] [Ordered] @{
VMName = $snapshot.Name
Name = (($snapshot.snapshot.rootsnapshotlist | Select-Object Name).Name)
Description = (($snapshot.snapshot.rootsnapshotlist | Select-Object Description).Description)
CreateTime = (($snapshot.snapshot.rootsnapshotlist | Select-Object CreateTime).CreateTime)
State = (($snapshot.snapshot.rootsnapshotlist | Select-Object State).State)
ChildSnapshots = $snapshot.snapshot.rootsnapshotlist.childsnapshotlist
}))
}
}
}
catch {
Write-Warning $_.Exception.Message
}
}

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