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, ...

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.

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 ...

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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 ...

I’ve been trying to pivot to a Linux-based setup for the last couple of months, and with Proxmox providing terrific ...

It’s time to reign in the virtual machine revolution taking over your network. In the first part of a series of testing-based articles looking at the various virtual machine management tools available ...

How many virtual machines can you fit on a host server? That's a frequently-asked question when IT pros consider which hardware options to purchase for their virtual hosts. In this tip, I share things ...