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Workstation. Taking snapshot with or without keeping machine ON
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Mar 15, 2026270 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Please let me know if it makes any difference in disk space if you take snapshot with or without keeping machine ON? What is the recommended practice?
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Fix for: Workstation. Taking snapshot with or without keeping machine ON
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It should be faster to do it when it's in a powered off state, and it may use more space depending on which applications you have open. If you do the snapshot while the machine is running, it will have to go through a process called "quiescing". To …
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