[GitHub] [cloudstack-documentation] nvazquez commented on a change in pull request #113: kvm-snapshot-explanation

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nvazquez commented on a change in pull request #113:
URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/113#discussion_r420918715



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File path: source/adminguide/storage.rst
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@@ -679,6 +679,19 @@ How to Snapshot a Volume
 
 #. Click the Snapshot button. |SnapshotButton.png|
 
+KVM volume Snapshot specifics
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+In recent CloudStack versions, by default, creating a volume snapshot for a running VM is disabled
+due to a possible volume corruption in certain cases. To enable creating a volume snapshots while the VM
+is running, the global setting 'kvm.snapshot.enabled' must be set to 'True'.

Review comment:
       ```suggestion
   is running, the global setting 'kvm.snapshot.enabled' must be set to 'True'.
   
   ```

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File path: source/adminguide/storage.rst
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@@ -679,6 +679,19 @@ How to Snapshot a Volume
 
 #. Click the Snapshot button. |SnapshotButton.png|
 
+KVM volume Snapshot specifics
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+In recent CloudStack versions, by default, creating a volume snapshot for a running VM is disabled
+due to a possible volume corruption in certain cases. To enable creating a volume snapshots while the VM
+is running, the global setting 'kvm.snapshot.enabled' must be set to 'True'.
+The way the volume snapshot is now created has been changed. 

Review comment:
       ```suggestion
   The volume snapshot creation has changed in recent versions:
   
   ```




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