2017-11-29, 19:37:17
Hello,
Thanks for using Vimalin.
You are correct that Vimalin supports snapshots.
Auto protect snapshots are special in that VMware Fusion determines when they are being taken and that -as far as I know- there is no way to temporarily disable auto protect snapshots from running.
The backup works fine as long as there was no auto protect snapshot while the backup process is running. In the case an auto protect snapshot is being taken when the backup runs, things get out of sync and there might be a danger that your backup does not work correctly. So while it might be OK, I cannot guarantee it is without adding a lot of extra checks for this particular case.
As such the current version of Vimalin errors on the safe side and shows an error instead of reporting an OK.
Hope this helps,
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Wil
Thanks for using Vimalin.
You are correct that Vimalin supports snapshots.
Auto protect snapshots are special in that VMware Fusion determines when they are being taken and that -as far as I know- there is no way to temporarily disable auto protect snapshots from running.
The backup works fine as long as there was no auto protect snapshot while the backup process is running. In the case an auto protect snapshot is being taken when the backup runs, things get out of sync and there might be a danger that your backup does not work correctly. So while it might be OK, I cannot guarantee it is without adding a lot of extra checks for this particular case.
As such the current version of Vimalin errors on the safe side and shows an error instead of reporting an OK.
Hope this helps,
--
Wil