Re: snapshot script help

I have written a script before, which I will post a section of below, which does what you need,  TO get the name of the snapshot creator it involves using the API to get the task logged when the snapshot was created, (by getting the create snapshot task for the relevant VM within 5 seconds of the snapshot complete time).  The whole script to see this section in context is here http://davotronic5000.co.uk/blog/updated-script-to-monitor-snapshots-in-vsphere/.  The part which gets the snapshot creators name is:

Write-Verbose"Getting list of Old Snapshots"

    $OldSnapshotList= $SnapshotList| Where {$_.Created -LE(Get-Date).AddDays(-$AlertOlderThan)}

    IF($OldSnapshotList-ne$null)

        {

        Write-Verbose"Getting Additional Snapshot Details"

        #Open report array

        $Report= @()

        $SnapUser= ""

        FOREACH ($Snapshot in $OldSnapshotList)

            {

            #Use Task log SDK to get the user who created the Snapshot

            $TaskMgr = Get-View TaskManager

            $TaskNumber = 100

            #Create task filter for search

            $Filter = New-Object VMware.Vim.TaskFilterSpec

            $Filter.Time = New-Object VMware.Vim.TaskFilterSpecByTime

            $Filter.Time.beginTime = ((($Snapshot.Created).AddSeconds(-5)).ToUniversalTime())

            $Filter.Time.timeType = "startedTime"

            $Filter.Time.EndTime = ((($Snapshot.Created).AddSeconds(5)).ToUniversalTime())

            $Filter.State = "success"

            $Filter.Entity = New-Object VMware.Vim.TaskFilterSpecByEntity

            $Filter.Entity.recursion = "self"

            $Filter.Entity.entity = (Get-Vm -Name $Snapshot.VM.Name).Extensiondata.MoRef

            $TaskCollector = Get-View ($TaskMgr.CreateCollectorForTasks($Filter))

            $TaskCollector.RewindCollector | Out-Null

            $Tasks = $TaskCollector.ReadNextTasks($TaskNumber)

                #Get only the task for the snapshot in question and out put the username of the snapshot creator

                FOREACH ($Task in $Tasks)

                    {

                    $GuestName = $Snapshot.VM

                    $Task = $Task | where {$_.DescriptionId -eq "VirtualMachine.createSnapshot" -and $_.State -eq "success" -and $_.EntityName -eq $GuestName}                         

                    IF ($Task -ne $null)

                        {

                        $SnapUser = $Task

                        }

                    $TaskCollector.ReadNextTasks($TaskNumber)

                    }

                #Create a custom object for reporting

                $objReport = New-Object System.Object

                $objReport | Add-Member -Type NoteProperty -Name "Name" -Value $Snapshot.Name

                $objReport | Add-Member -Type NoteProperty -Name "Description" -Value $Snapshot.Description                

                $objReport | Add-Member -Type NoteProperty -Name "Created By" -Value $SnapUser.Reason.Username

                $objReport | Add-Member -Type NoteProperty -Name "Attached To" -Value $Snapshot.VM

                $objReport | Add-Member -Type NoteProperty -Name "Created On" -Value $Snapshot.Created

                $Report += $objReport

            #There is a default limit of 32 collector objects, destroying collector after use

            $TaskCollector.DestroyCollector()

            }