On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 9:47 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everybody. We are trying to transfer our project from using VMware > vCenter to oVirt. Everything looks good, but when it comes to snapshots > there is a quite big difference. In current application we are using VM > snapshots to switch the VM from one state to another. > > Each VM has it's initial snapshot (we can go back anytime we need), but it > can also have several additional snapshots with some VM modifications (like > applications added or so). We are able to go from one state to another > using "revert to snapshot" function served by vCenter. > > What I understand this is not possible in oVirt. If I revert from newer > snapshot to older one all snapshots that were created after the older one > will get deleted. I understand the reason (having one base file and having > only diffs per each snapshot) and here comes the question... > > What would be the best solution to simulate this vCenter option? To be > able to quickly swap from one state to another (and back of course) on one > particular VM? >
Perhaps "Preview"? Then you can boot the VM, do stuff, shutdown, and "Undo". Or, for slightly more complex cases, you can create/clone a VM from a snapshot. For even more complex ones, you probably want to have a look at templates. Best regards, -- Didi
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