The goal here is to make a repeatable procedure for saving VM snapshots to "external storage". There are a couple of reasons that I want to do this: 1. Every time I take a snapshot now, the size of my host datastore gets smaller, and 2. When I upgrade the SCSI drives on my host (DL360 G3) system and remove the old drives I don't want to lose access to my snapshots. Notations: A-Action, R-Result, Q-Question, C-Cognition, X-Exploration research
C SES 1.0.1 There has to be a function within ESX to export and import snapshots so that they do not take up storage space on the host.
Q SES 1.0.2 How do I save a virtual machine snapshot to a storage device that is not built-in to the ESX server host, for example a USB flash drive connected to the host?
X SES 1.0.3 Will research for answers and the best forum to ask the question (Q SES 1.0.2) if I do not find the answer.
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Exploration of the methods and materials needed for building a vmware infrastructure. Primarily oriented to the development of personal scale virtual network simulations running on virtual servers for training purposes [cf. J.Renwick]
Exploration of the methods and materials needed for building a vmware infrastructure. Primarily oriented to the development of personal scale virtual network simulations running on virtual servers for training purposes [cf. J.Renwick]