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Get-VMSnapshot

Gets the checkpoints associated with a virtual machine or checkpoint.

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Last verified: 2026-10-26

Microsoft Hyper-V reference: Gets the checkpoints associated with a virtual machine or checkpoint. The syntax and selected example below are adapted from the pinned Windows Server 2025 reference. Module availability, target configuration and delegated permissions determine whether it can run in your environment. Documentation and parameter text: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; formatting adapted by Cmdlet World. No execution testing is claimed.

Get-VMSnapshot [-VMName] <String[]> [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-ComputerName <String[]>]
 [-Credential <PSCredential[]>] [[-Name] <String>] [-SnapshotType <SnapshotType>] [<CommonParameters>]

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Required permissions

Use an account with the target resource permissions documented for Get-VMSnapshot. Modifying administrative cmdlets may require elevation or delegated administration. This catalog does not assert that ordinary users can execute the command.

Supported environments

Windows / Hyper-V · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply

Parameters

-ChildOf (required): Specifies the checkpoint whose child checkpoints are to be retrieved. This retrieves immediate children only.
-CimSession: Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.
-ComputerName: Specifies one or more Hyper-V hosts on which checkpoints are to be retrieved. NetBIOS names, IP addresses, and fully qualified domain names are allowable. The default is the local computer. Use localhost or a dot (.) to specify the local computer explicitly.
-Credential: Specifies one or more user accounts that have permission to perform this action. The default is the current user.
-Id (required): Specifies the unique identifier of the virtual machine whose checkpoints are to be retrieved.
-Name: Specifies the name of the checkpoint to be retrieved.
-ParentOf (required): Specifies the checkpoint whose immediate parent checkpoint is to be retrieved.
-SnapshotType: Specifies the type of the checkpoints to be retrieved. Allowed values are Standard, Recovery, Planned, Missing, Replica, AppConsistentReplica, and SyncedReplica.
-VM (required): Specifies the virtual machine whose checkpoints are to be retrieved.
-VMName (required): Specifies the name of the virtual machine whose checkpoints are to be retrieved.

Prerequisites

Windows with the Hyper-V module and the Windows feature or management tools that provide it. Confirm target connectivity and version compatibility using the linked Microsoft reference.

Security considerations

This is a read-oriented cmdlet; protect any sensitive results and check the documented effects of your selected parameters.

Examples

Example 1

Get-VMSnapshot -VMName TestVM

Gets all checkpoints of virtual machine TestVM. Source: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; transcript prompt/output removed. This example was not executed.

Sources

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-powershell-docs/blob/b7645dd8c687139b28e845119da30ec670526507/docset/winserver2025-ps/Hyper-V/Get-VMSnapshot.md

https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/hyper-v/get-vmsnapshot?view=windowsserver2025-ps

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