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title: "Virtual Machines. Checkpoint Summary"
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# Virtual Machines. Checkpoint Summary

Outdated checkpoints consume valuable storage resources and grow at a higher than standard disk rate. In addition, removing or merging checkpoints may cause VM downtime, since Hyper-V generates additional storage traffic while performing these tasks. That is why best practices for checkpoints recommend that you delete checkpoints older than 3 days, since they no longer reflect recent VM changes.

The **Virtual Machines. Checkpoint Summary** report helps you detect outdated checkpoints and better address the problem of wasted storage space.

## Sample Usage

This section provides step-by-step instructions that will help you understand how to create the **Virtual Machines. Checkpoint Summary** report. Consider the following example:

*You need to report on existing VM checkpoints and display checkpoint size and age statistics for this month.*


To create the report, follow these steps:

1. [Open the Virtual Machines. Checkpoint Summary report](open_checkpoint_summary_report.md).
2. [Define time intervals](define_checkpoint_summary_report_time_intervals.md).
3. [Choose a report scope](choose_checkpoint_summary_report_scope.md).
4. [Run the report](run_checkpoint_summary_report.md).
5. [View the report output](checkpoint_summary_report_output.md).