Oracle VirtualBox Advanced Features: Snapshots and Cloning of Virtual Machines

Demonstration of how to effectively use VirtualBox’s snapshot technology, how it works, and explore the technology that allows capturing the “state” of an operating system. We will look at differencing disks and how they build a chain of dependency from the parent disk to the special UUID.vdi snapshots. Learn the purpose of files like *.nvram, *.sav, and UUID.vdi. Some advice on deleting snapshots and effective use of cloning to obtain the VM you desire every time. Snapshots provide excellent training, development, and testing environment for IT professionals and students. Come join us as we explore this professional type-2 hypervisor. Please consider becoming a channel member: • you get an early viewing of all our video content • access to the complete series of videos for each subject • links to video notes and PowerPoint slide deck both in MS-Word and PDF format • Our eBook and resources folder • Join our channel membership, it’s $2.99/month); see the “Join” button on ou