VMware snapshots can be a lifesaver when you're upgrading or patching applications and servers. If you oversee a virtual environment, it's imperative that you know what snapshots are and how they work ...

A VMware snapshot takes a copy of a VM's disk file. They provide a change log for a virtual disk, and you can use them to restore a VM to a specific state at a ...

For the people that use VMware over NFS on a NetApp system, how do you handle consistent snapshots? And at what intervals? We are looking at a consistent snapshot every two hours for DR purposes but ...

Looking at people’s VMWare implementations, the most common problem I see is people who run on snapshots for an extended period of time. And by that I mean months. This can cause downtime issues for ...