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how many snapshots can be created in a ESXI?

how many snapshots can be created in a  ESXI?

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I just tried to go to the limit using ESXi 6.7 and surprisingly I was only allowed to create snapshot 1 upto snapshot 31 in a single branch.
At first sight this seems to be an improvement - but maybe it depends on the way that snapshots are created.
I simply used the WebUI - the more relvant question is how many snapshots can be created by automatic backuptools.


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Maximum of 32 snapshots are supported in a chain. However, for a better performance use only 2 to 3 snapshots.

This number does not change depending on the version.

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continuum
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That question will get very different answers.
Some folks will say that the limit is 32.
Other will say the limit is 99.
Personally I believe there is no really enforced upper limit as I have seen lots of VMs with more than 200 snapshots


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wila
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Hi,

Apparently back in 2010 the snapshot limit was 496, with a maximum tree depth of 31.

See:

https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2010/10/how-to-control-maximum-number-of-vmware.html

I doubt the limit on this has changed.

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continuum
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I just tried to go to the limit using ESXi 6.7 and surprisingly I was only allowed to create snapshot 1 upto snapshot 31 in a single branch.
At first sight this seems to be an improvement - but maybe it depends on the way that snapshots are created.
I simply used the WebUI - the more relvant question is how many snapshots can be created by automatic backuptools.


________________________________________________
Do you need support with a VMFS recovery problem ? - send a message via skype "sanbarrow"
I do not support Workstation 16 at this time ...

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I can't find the place where I read this, but depending on the version I think you can have up to ~250 snapshots in a chain.

From a personal experience, I can confirm that a VM with 215 snapshots (created by a backup application over a few months) works, and the consolidation also worked from the GUI.

This however dosn't mean that you should have that many snapshots! In a prodcution environment, an active VM should run without active snapshots.

André