I recently ran through an issue where i wanted to automatically delete snapshots after 5 days instead of the default 7 days that comes out of box in automation central. I wanted to change delete old snapshot restriction from 7 days to 5 days.

In Automation Central, the ‘Create Job’ wizard shows a field for ‘Snapshot Age older than’ with a minimum value of 7 days, highlighted in red.

It seems like the restriction comes from the Reclaim Settings. In order to change it we can go to Optimize -> Reclaim -> Settings

The image shows Reclaim Settings in a cloud management tool, indicating RegionA01 with 1 year remaining and US$0 cost savings.

Change the Snapshots setting to older than

Reclamation Settings UI shows options for powered off, idle VMs, snapshots, and orphaned disks.

Going to Automation Central i was able to confirm that the minimum is now 5 days

Automation Central job creation wizard showing snapshot age setting.

If you are still finding your way around the redesigned vROps 8.6 interface, I covered where everything moved in this UI navigation guide.