![]() They are the best way to accomplish a hot consistent ©VMWare backup, as the You can later decide whether you want to delete They can be read for the data they containĪnd they can be written to if the VM is sitting on top of one. ![]() (the time you take the snapshot) which are stored in separate virtual disk files. In the ©VMWare ©ESXi Hypervisor, snapshots are temporal subsets of blocks generated from some moment in time In this post we will cover snapshots in an ©ESXi environment. The way they work varies depending on the technology used, although the concept always implies some kind ofĭiscontinuity in the stored data that allows some kind of upper level manipulation from part of the sys admin. The concept exists associated with multiple storage abstraction systems, like: LVM, LVM2, ©ESXi, ZFS File System, etc. Having to do with snapshots: creation, deletion, quiescing, etc. One of the most common sources of support requests from part of our registered users is problems They have not changed from a conceptual point of view. The same basic principles still apply to snapshots though, This post was fairly old and needed some revision. What are snapshots, how to use them issues and fix procedure. Last updated on Wednesday 6th of July 2022 02:17:30 PM
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