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Tag Archives: snapshots
Hyper-V snapshots: not for production
One of the greatest things about virtual machines is the ability to take snapshots, which can be used to quickly roll a VM back to a known state. Previously, I have written about some of the shortcomings with Microsoft’s Hyper-V … Continue reading
IGT Part 5: Hyper-V snapshots are not gone until the VM is powered off
Unlike VMware ESX, when administrators delete snapshots on Hyper-V, the disks are not merged until the VM is powered off — potentially filling up disks. Continue reading
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Half the VM reboots on Patch Tuesday
Virtual machine snapshots are a quick way to recover from unexpected incompatibilities you may encounter when patching guest operating systems. In fact, VMware Update Manager even provides an option to automatically snapshot a VM before applying updates and then delete … Continue reading
Snapshots that shoot back
Although the Hyper-V Manager and SCVMM allow removing snapshots from running VMs, they are not actually merged until the VM is powered off. Continue reading
Checkshots or Snappoints?
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: What’s the difference between a checkpoint and a snapshot?
