How do you plan and implement VM snapshot policies and retention strategies?
VM snapshots are a useful feature that allows you to capture the state of a virtual machine at a certain point in time. They can help you to restore a VM to a previous state, test changes, or backup data. However, VM snapshots also come with some challenges and risks, such as performance degradation, storage consumption, or data inconsistency. Therefore, you need to plan and implement VM snapshot policies and retention strategies that suit your business needs and goals. In this article, we will discuss how to do that in six steps.