to automate ESXi management. I included it in napp-it to create safe ZFS snaps of VMs on ZFS/NFS filesystems with embedded ESXi snaps. This allows a ZFS snap rollback/ restore where you can then go back to the ESXi snap with hot memory or coalesce state (freezed VM filesystem ).
Without this a ZFS snap of a VM is like a sudden poweroff. You cannot be sure if the VM in a ZFS snap is not corrupted. With an included ESXi snap you can create ongoing ZFS snaps of a running VM ex on a hourly or daily base.
Unlike ESXi delta snaps you can hold hundreds or thousands of ZFS snaps and a ZFS snap is a real backup as you can recover a VM from it and save it via replication, see https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...laris-news-tips-and-tricks.38240/#post-367124
Without this a ZFS snap of a VM is like a sudden poweroff. You cannot be sure if the VM in a ZFS snap is not corrupted. With an included ESXi snap you can create ongoing ZFS snaps of a running VM ex on a hourly or daily base.
Unlike ESXi delta snaps you can hold hundreds or thousands of ZFS snaps and a ZFS snap is a real backup as you can recover a VM from it and save it via replication, see https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...laris-news-tips-and-tricks.38240/#post-367124
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