Hyper-V Snapshots Part 3: Clone a VM From a Snapshot via Export and Import
Snapshots in Hyper-V are most often used as rollback points — create one before a risky change, revert if the change misbehaves. There’s a second use that’s less obvious but…
Tag: Checkpoints
Hyper-V Snapshots Part 2: Merging the AVHDX Chain Back Into the Parent VHDX
Part 1 covered creating, applying, and managing snapshots. This post is the consolidation half — what happens when you delete a snapshot and the differencing-disk overlay has to be merged…
Hyper-V Snapshots Part 1: Create, Revert, and Manage VM Save-States
The Hyper-V checkpoint is a save-state of a running VM — configuration, optionally memory, and a differencing-disk overlay that captures every block the VM writes after the snapshot is taken.…