January 25, 20251 yr I have a VM with 2 snapshots and I tried to clone it and I got the following error Clone of VM not currently supported if it has snapshots How can I remove the snapshots? Also, how I can use these snapshots for a restore? I see no option for snapshots in the UI, besides showing the current number of snapshots. Do I need to install an aditional plugin? Thanks! Edited January 25, 20251 yr by StancuFlorin
January 25, 20251 yr Community Expert Yes the way snapshots work is to create an overlay file. Notice the vdisk is using the snapshot named disk. All of the changes are in the overlay file. You need to commit them back into the base image. If you delete it will break the chain and the VM will not work correctly.
May 8, 20251 yr On 1/25/2025 at 10:34 AM, SimonF said: Yes the way snapshots work is to create an overlay file. Notice the vdisk is using the snapshot named disk. All of the changes are in the overlay file. You need to commit them back into the base image. If you delete it will break the chain and the VM will not work correctly. How does it work if i use the native zfs snapshot for the vm? If I delete it the snapshot does not show up anymore under the vm, but it is still present on the dataset. I can still see it in ZFS Master. Should it not be deleted automatically?
May 8, 20251 yr Community Expert The delete of a zfs native snapshot just removes the entry from the VM snaps database. It was set originally for the user to remove. Maybe in the future we may remove FS ones.
February 8Feb 8 On 1/25/2025 at 11:35 AM, StancuFlorin said:Thanks Simon. I was able to remove both snapshots now.Can you please explain how you committed the snapshot back to base?
March 6Mar 6 On 2/8/2026 at 7:23 AM, mjeshurun said:Can you please explain how you committed the snapshot back to base?Looks like you need to click those 2 overlaying squares next to the snapshot to get a menu that will allow you to commit, not very user-friendly
March 6Mar 6 Community Expert On 2/8/2026 at 1:23 PM, mjeshurun said:Can you please explain how you committed the snapshot back to base?Click on the VM name to show additional details. Click on the icon in front of the snapshot name and you will get a context menu.
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