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Rename-VMSnapshot

Renames a virtual machine checkpoint.

Syntax

Rename-VMSnapshot
      [-CimSession <CimSession[]>]
      [-ComputerName <String[]>]
      [-Credential <PSCredential[]>]
      [-Name] <String>
      [-VMName] <String>
      [-NewName] <String>
      [-Passthru]
      [-WhatIf]
      [-Confirm]
      [<CommonParameters>]
Rename-VMSnapshot
      [-VMSnapshot] <VMSnapshot>
      [-NewName] <String>
      [-Passthru]
      [-WhatIf]
      [-Confirm]
      [<CommonParameters>]
Rename-VMSnapshot
      [-VM] <VirtualMachine>
      [-Name] <String>
      [-NewName] <String>
      [-Passthru]
      [-WhatIf]
      [-Confirm]
      [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Rename-VMSnapshot cmdlet renames a virtual machine checkpoint.

Note: In Windows Server 2012 R2, virtual machine snapshots were renamed to virtual machine checkpoints. For clarity, this document will refer to virtual machine snapshots as checkpoints.

Examples

Example 1

PS C:\> Rename-VMSnapshot -VMName TestVM -Name "Configuration 2" -NewName "Configuration 2: applied all updates"

Renames checkpoint Configuration 2 of virtual machine TestVM to Configuration 2: applied all updates.

Parameters

-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.

Type:CimSession[]
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-ComputerName

Specifies one or more Hyper-V hosts on which the virtual machine checkpoint is to be renamed. 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.

Type:String[]
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type:SwitchParameter
Aliases:cf
Position:Named
Default value:False
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Credential

Specifies one or more user accounts that have permission to perform this action. The default is the current user.

Type:PSCredential[]
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Name

Specifies the name of the virtual machine checkpoint to be renamed.

Type:String
Position:0
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-NewName

Specifies the name to which the virtual machine checkpoint is to be renamed.

Type:String
Position:2
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Passthru

Specifies that a VMSnapshot object is to be passed through to the pipeline representing the virtual machine checkpoint to be renamed.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-VM

Specifies the virtual machine of which the checkpoint is to be renamed.

Type:VirtualMachine
Position:0
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-VMName

Specifies the name of the virtual machine of which the checkpoint is to be renamed.

Type:String
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-VMSnapshot

Specifies the virtual machine checkpoint to be renamed.

Type:VMSnapshot
Aliases:VMCheckpoint
Position:0
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Type:SwitchParameter
Aliases:wi
Position:Named
Default value:False
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

Outputs

None

Default

VMSnapshot

If -PassThru is specified.