A snapshot is a copy of data taken at a specific point in time.
A snapshot is a copy of data taken at a specific point in time.
Questions tagged [snapshot]
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Git a Windows file system as an alternative to virtual machine snapshots
I am a software developer and I want to test several versions of my software, with different configuration files and different contents in the database (everything running on Windows).
For example, I have around 10 installations in production with…
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Switching Applications server on different VM snapshot
I have a VMware VM running with a specific Application Server.
Instead of creating a new VM for install a new application server, Is it a good practice creating a snapshot of old Application Server VM and then go to clean_instalation snapshot and…
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Hyper-V Missing Virtual Server From Hyper-V Manager List
We are running Hyper-V on a Window 2008 server that doesn't have a desktop (only console login is provided).
We access Hyper-V using Hyper-V Manager which connects to this host-server and it provides a GUI for managing our virtual machines.
Today,…
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Which of snapshots I can safely remove?
If you make periodic snapshots of a volume, the snapshots are
incremental so that only the blocks on the device that have changed
since your last snapshot are incrementally saved in the new snapshot.
Even though snapshots are saved…
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Loop the status Result using PowerShell
I have written a script in PowerShell which creates aws ebs snapshot , its working fine without an issue , except i am not able get the Progress status at regular interval to proceed with next step in script. Until unless i dont get update that…
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Determine what has changed a specific key on Windows registry
History :
My C drive disappeared from "Computer" on my Win7. After fixing it a couple of days ago by changing a registry key, I notice today that my C drive has disappeared…
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Create centOS6 snapshots
How can I create snapshots of system (similar to what VM have) of a centOS 6 to a network location?
That is I need to know what software/package should I use and maybe some ways to work with it.
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File replication program for Linux
For my disaster recovery plan I am looking for a free/open source file replication program which could copy all files including open/busy files to a remote server. Would appreciate any suggestions or help.
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VMWare software that support snapshots
I need to run some VMs But it seems like VMWare Player doesn't support snapshots.
Is there any other free software from VMWare that support snapshoting?
PS: I know that Oracle VirtualBox can do that but I am interested in VMWare products at the…
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best way to create lvm snapshot of / partition
I need to know the best way to implement the snapshot of root partition "/" on a kvm guest.
What I have is as follows
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/dev/vda ..... 10G free
-- /dev/vda1 boot partition (ext - 83)
-- /dev/vda2 / parition (Linux LVM format -…
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