Snapshot files can grow to the same size as the original base disk file, which is why the provisioned storage size of a virtual machine increases by an amount equal to the original size of the virtual ...

Saving an instance of a virtual machine to disk in order to return to that point at a later time. Snapshots are taken for backup as well as for duplication to other servers. The content of memory, ...

If you want to try out software without installing what could be adware or something risky, use a virtual machine. Virtual machines are particularly useful because of their "snapshot" ability, which ...

VirtualBox Snapshots is a tool for capturing incremental snapshots of the virtual machine (VM) state. It enables us to restore our VM to a specific condition. In this post, we will learn how to create ...

In VMWare VSphere, the Virtual Machine disks Consolidation Needed status is displayed in the Summary section if leftover virtual disk files or snapshots are not merged with the base virtual disk file ...

Here’s how you can revert to a virtual machine snapshot in VirtualBox for Windows. 1. Make sure your virtual machine is shut down. 2. Select your virtual machine from the list. 3. Go to the snapshots ...

As the number of servers being virtualized grows, backing up and protecting them becomes more of a problem. It’s not enough for IT administrators to simply back up each virtual server and its data.

Steve Zurier is a freelance technology writer based in Columbia, Md. Like many other organizations, school districts have virtualized their servers over the past several years. At Camas School ...

LAWRENCE, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cobalt Iron Inc., a leading provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, today announced that its Compass ® enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) backup ...

Ok, so one of the guys at our company expanded a hard drive on a Hyper-V client without merging all the snapshots first.<BR><BR>Suffice to say, it isn't good, and the way we had our backups set up ...

Storage for virtual machines is a key consideration when embarking on a virtual server or virtual desktop project. Most IT organisations opt for shared storage for a virtual machine environment, as it ...