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adam900331
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Enthusiast

Snapshot creation an a large size of VMDK (6Tb)

Hy!

Our customer has a VM which has 10 pieces VMDK. There are some 1Tb size, and there is a large size: 6Tb. Can I create VM snapshot for these large VMDK file? How long can be the snapshot creation time? The whole VM VMDK summary: 12 Tb.

Thanks.

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maksym007
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Expert

Depends on the storage type and network side. LAN against FC 

As far as I understood we are talking about snapshots for Backup, no?

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adam900331
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Enthusiast

Yes, I want to use the snapshot for backup (Veeam).

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maksym007
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Expert

go ahead. I have VMs even with greater capacity in the backup. Only Commvault instead of Veeam 

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adam900331
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Enthusiast

Thanks, so my understand you have no problem with the snapshot creation during backup? 🙂

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maksym007
Expert
Expert

I have no problems at all. First backup could take a while but all the rest, I mean in the next days, are working fine. 

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