Hi,
Does VMware supports the acessing of 2 snapshots of the same Virtual machine simultaneously?
For example I am having a virtual machine with 2 snapshot - Snapshot A and Snapshot B. Is there any options to access these 2 snapshots simultaneously.
Virtualization software : VMware ESXi 4
Thanks and Regards
Sundar rajan.S
For example I am having a virtual machine with 2 snapshot - Snapshot A and Snapshot B. Is there any options to access these 2 snapshots simultaneously.
Hi
If by access you mean read\write to both snapshoots from VM - it's not possible
No. The best you are going to get is creating a clone of the VM and working off that.
linked clone is a option, but never try and not work starightway in esx.
Blogs can be googled ....
http://planetvm.net/blog/?p=777
A clone is the best way to do this currently.
depends : if you have snapshots in a row like
base - snap A - snap B - snapC ...
- then no
if you have snapshots in a tree like
base - snap A - snap A1 - snap A2 ....
snapB - snapB1 - snapB2 ...
then you can do it
Anyway - this sounds like a stupid idea and you should only try it if you REALLY understand how snapshots work
the danger to mess up the tree/chain is significant !!!
Thanks for your reply.
1. Can you elaborate on the two scenarios you have mentioned
" base - snap A - snap B - snapC ...
- then no
if you have snapshots in a tree like
base - snap A - snap A1 - snap A2 ....
snapB - snapB1 - snapB2 ...
then you can do it "