Thanks for that info on VMware snapshots, Kelven! Anyone have insight into XenServer here?
Thanks! On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Kelven Yang <kelven.y...@citrix.com> wrote: > > > On 9/8/13 4:21 PM, "Mike Tutkowski" <mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I have a couple questions regarding how hypervisor snapshots work in > >XenServer and ESX through CloudStack. > > > >For XenServer, let's say I have a root disk on SR1 and a data disk on SR2. > > > >1) If we take a hypervisor snapshot, do we snapshot both disks by default? > > For VMware, yes. > > > > >2) Assuming we do, is the snapshot always stored with the disk it is a > >snapshot of on the same SR? > > Yes, snapshot is stored along with its base disk in the same datastore > > > > >3) Assuming they are, will the entire snapshot process fail if there is > >insufficient space on any SR? > > If anyone fails, it will fail the snapshot as whole. > > > > >Thanks! > > > >-- > >*Mike Tutkowski* > >*Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > >e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > >o: 303.746.7302 > >Advancing the way the world uses the > >cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > >* * > > -- *Mike Tutkowski* *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com o: 303.746.7302 Advancing the way the world uses the cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> *™*
