Troubleshooting Guide: VMware VM's Snapshot

When I was seeing my linkedin updates, I came across a update about VMware Snapshot troubleshooting guide which is written by VMware employee named as "Ruben Garcia, TSE". Ruben also creator of a utility called SnapVMX utility.

This troubleshooting guide describes the basic concepts of VM's snapshot and different troubleshooting methods. This guide is designed for ESX3.5 and extra consideration to be taken care of whilst VMware ESX3i/4i/ESX4.0

Ruben's personal blog: http://vmutils.blogspot.com/

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