Re: Reading a snapshot file

FerroSoftware · ‎08-19-2022

I have a VM with a one snapshot. The VM is powered off.

When browsing the storage, the file layout looks like this:

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test.vmdk - 8 GB

test-000001.vmdk - 200 MB

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or via SSH:

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test-flat.vmdk - 8 GB

test-000001-sesparse.vmdk - 200 MB

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By opening the test-000001.vmdk snapshot disk file via VixDiskLib_Open I'm getting the whole (merged?) content of the parent + snapshot disk (=8 GB size).

Can I somehow read only the snapshot file (200 MB)?

andrewreid91 · ‎08-19-2022

I know the test-000001.vmdk file consists of the difference between the current snapshot and the previous state of the VM.

Snapshot file that represents the difference between the current state of the virtual disk and the state that existed at the time the previous snapshot was taken."

I'm not sure that it is possible to read only the snapshot file.