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Expand Up @@ -936,9 +936,6 @@ VMware documentation and the VMware Knowledge Base, especially
Storage-based VM snapshots on KVM
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.. note::
For now this functionality is limited for NFS and Local storage.

CloudStack introduces a new Storage-based VM snapshots on KVM feature that provides
crash-consistent snapshots of all disks attached to the VM. It employs the underlying storage
providers’ capability to create/revert/delete disk snapshots. Consistency is obtained by freezing
Expand All @@ -950,7 +947,7 @@ the virtual machine before the snapshotting. Memory snapshots are not supported.

When the snapshotting is complete, the virtual machine is thawed.

You can use this functionality on virtual machines with raw block storages (E.g. Ceph/SolidFire/Linstor).
You can use this functionality on virtual machines with local storage, NFS and raw block storages (E.g. Ceph/SolidFire/Linstor).

Limitations on VM Snapshots
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