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Side effects of running with snapshots
- decreased Decreased performance if there are too many delta files in a chain (caused by having too many snapshots).
- decreased Decreased performance if delta files become too large.
- cannot Cannot increase Virtual Disk size while snapshots are active.
- Delta files can grow to the same size as the original base disk file:
a a virtual machine's provisioned storage size can grow to ( its original size ) multiplied by ( the number of snapshots ).
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To request a snapshot for your VM, please use one of the following methods:
- fill Fill out the following Snapshot Request form.
- use Use the EIS Virtual Cloud RESTful API - How to schedule a VM snapshot
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To revert a VM to (or from) a specific snapshot, please use one of the following options:
- send Send an email to vss(at)eis.utoronto.ca.
- use Use the EIS Virtual Cloud RESTful API