topic Re: SMVI 2.0 snapshot ?? in VMware Solutions Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-2-0-snapshot/m-p/15898#M1599 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>nleo, a snapshot will ALWAYS be helt in the NetApp FlexVol containing your data, so make sure to have the space available on the volume level. For more infos check the SAN configuration manual about space settings. </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:20:41 GMT thomas_glodde 2010-07-01T19:20:41Z SMVI 2.0 snapshot ?? https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-2-0-snapshot/m-p/15893#M1597 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Where does SMVI 2.0 store the snapshot when making a backup?</P><P>Will I have enought space to hold the snapshot?</P><P>Example: An iSCSI VMDK datastore 300GB total space with 5 VMs. 70GB of free space. Each VM is around 10GB of disk space.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:12:55 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-2-0-snapshot/m-p/15893#M1597 nleo 2025-06-05T07:12:55Z Re: SMVI 2.0 snapshot ?? https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-2-0-snapshot/m-p/15898#M1599 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>nleo, a snapshot will ALWAYS be helt in the NetApp FlexVol containing your data, so make sure to have the space available on the volume level. For more infos check the SAN configuration manual about space settings. </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:20:41 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-2-0-snapshot/m-p/15898#M1599 thomas_glodde 2010-07-01T19:20:41Z