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How long to take a VM snapshot of a 1TB vmdk
Hi can someone advise approx how long it takes to do a snapshot of this? - will simply taking a snapshot of a huge vmdk take a long time?
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As mentioned above...not too long. I've noticed about 2-5mins as I "quiese" the OS with my snaps for consistency. Here are 2 great VMware KBs I recommend reading up on to gain a better understanding of Snapshots, as they can be a bit confusing. Now, when deleting Snapshots, it can take a while, and depends on how long the Snap has been around. When deleting it will look like it's hanging at 95% or 98%. Just be patient and wait for the delete process to finish.
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1025279
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1015180
Regards,
~coolsport00
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1025279
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1015180
Regards,
~coolsport00
One other item to add onto what the other experts have stated is that the current load or how heavily used the VM is can slightly impact how long a VM snapshot will take to complete.
For example, a high memory resource appliance like MS SQL would take slightly long to complete a snap shot then a general purpose VM.
Hope this helps
For example, a high memory resource appliance like MS SQL would take slightly long to complete a snap shot then a general purpose VM.
Hope this helps
creating a snapshot only creates a working file, so no matter the size of the vmdk file...
If you snapshot memory too, it will take more time if you have a lot of RAM.
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