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12-01-2012, 11:46 AM
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Snapshot & Clone on KVM
Hi all,
i am newbie on KVM and have a simple question:
What are basic differences between snapshot and clone on KVM virtual machines, this is really confusing for me.
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12-01-2012, 11:38 PM
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snapshot takes a snapshot of a disk image, clone copies a VM into a new domain
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12-02-2012, 05:08 AM
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ok :)
Quote:
Originally Posted by dyasny
snapshot takes a snapshot of a disk image, clone copies a VM into a new domain
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Ok,
when both can be used to backups? |
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12-03-2012, 02:37 AM
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snapshot:
1. take snapshot
2. backup underlying image
clone:
clone VM, back the clone up
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