Alternative to keep the shots for awhile.  We need to access fast/good option restore VM/OS.

Hello

We need to keep the snapshots for weeks or months, but it's a no-no when it comes to our VMWare admin rules.

We do installations/testing applications and take pictures until we start (so that we have a rear roll point before start).  This can take months in some cases, and with the rules of our VMWare Admin, we shouldn't keep snapshots for more than 48 hours for performance reasons (because of the technology of capture instantaneous way works).

My question is:

What is the alternative to the snapshots for our situation?

I hope that it is something as simple as clichés...

Your help is really appreciated.

Thank you

Andy

Hello Andy,

There is a solution, use related to each test Clones or clone the virtual machine. Application install / test should be for QA not of production. If you use this for a production so I think your 'tests' are running too long myself. There are many options outside snapshots for QA.

That's the Test, QA, development or Production? For everything else, there are ways. For Production, I agree with your current administrative staff.

In fact, I start to search the automation tools and build engines so that you can rebuild something very easily. Discover my foray into Jenkins, Docker, etc... The technique can also work for regular VMs.

Best regards
Edward L. Haletky
VMware communities user moderator, VMware vExpert 2009, 2010, 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015

Author of the books ' VMWare ESX and ESXi in the business: Planning Server Virtualization Deployment, Copyright 2011 Pearson Education. ' Of VMware VSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security: securing the virtual environment ', Copyright 2009 Pearson Education.

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