Hi,
I am using Protect to take a snapshot before deploying patches to enable an easy rollback point if required.
I have set the Delete old snapshots (age in days) to 2 days, but the snapshots are still there 4 days later (and getting huge...)
I just checked the docco and it appears that in order to trigger a snapshot removal I have to create a snapshot??
Delete old snapshots created by VMware vCenter Protect (age in days) | If enabled, indicates the number of days a snapshot created by VMware vCenter Protect will be allowed to exist. Snapshots older than the specified number of days are automatically deleted. The threshold is checked each time a new pre-deployment or post-deployment snapshot is made. |
You can choose to manage snapshot retention both by the number of snapshots and by the snapshot age. In this case, when a pre- or post-deployment snapshot is requested, all snapshots created by VMware vCenter Protect that are older than the specified number of days are deleted. If the number of remaining snapshots still exceeds the maximum number specified, the oldest of those will be deleted until only the maximum number specified remain.
Can someone please confirm if this is correct?
The idea of creating a snapshot to remove one seems odd...
Thanks in advance,
Jamie