-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Snapshots are not a panacea, but they are really handy. That is one of the main reasons I purchased a Workstation licence.
A poor mans snapshot is simply making a physical copy of the VMs directory. This can be cumbersome to work with, as well as taking up tons of disk space. Kin C Wong wrote: > Jon wrote: >> Assuming that we're talking about the 'free' versions of VMWare server the >> limit appears to be a single snapshot. Nothing stopping a VM from being >> physically copied to another location at different stages however. >> > Hmm, I thought you could make a copy of an image let's say a base > install and then treat the images differently. (Sorry, haven't tried > that yet.) >> I'm probably in the minority, but I instinctively distrust snapshops (in >> general not just in VMWare). > Personally I would use the word uncomfortable but that probably stems > from my limited exposure to it. > > _______________ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFuMt/wRXgH3rKGfMRAgANAJ9etY/wlZNFw99yVt2Ps1gNjabSnwCdHX7t gJuZtS/ZtN5fvDfp1+6JV3M= =fhCT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
