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On 24/04/16 20:02, M. J. Everitt wrote: > On 24/04/16 19:50, mr meowski wrote: >> Lastly, snapshotting is such a vitally useful and simple procedure with >> VBox I can't really understand why anybody wouldn't use it or run into >> issues either. Take the snapshot(s), name and number then sensibly and >> you have a hierarchal tree of past instances to manipulate at will. >> Sure, it's not as neat or as powerful as the implementation in KVM or >> ESXi but you can still create clones from snapshots or rewind for >> testing. What's not to like? >> >> Cheers > Can I pick your brains, perhaps? I had a problem with a particular > implementation of a VBox Windows7 VM where we wished to make one > snapshot immutable. It seems there are some tricks to this, as you can't > just install it, and then snapshot and set some flag (particularly using > the command-line!). Worse still, trying to detach, mark and re-attach > and mark immutable the disk file seems to be impossible also. I'm doing > this by remote over a satellite SSH connection so there's no point > trying to use GUI instructions alas! Any tips/thoughts/etc?! > > MJE That sounds interesting - have you got some more details? Multiple disks/VMs or just a single VM with one - presumably base - snapshot? GUI/shell I think is irrelevant here as advanced features like that only tend to be available through VBoxManage anyway. Cheers -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq