Instant Clone Terminology
The instant clone feature has its own set of terminology, which uses some terms in ways specific to the feature.
- stun
- To stop the clock of a virtual machine temporarily, preventing guest operations during an instant clone operation.
- freeze
- To stop the clock of a virtual machine indefinitely, allowing a series of instant clone operations that reproduce the exact process state of the source virtual machine.
- suspend
- Save the state of a virtual machine so applications can resume, and put it to sleep.
- resume
- Continue running the virtual machine that was suspended, including its applications.
- unstun
- To release a stunned source virtual machine, allowing I/O operations to proceed.
- source
- A virtual machine that is cloned during an instant clone operation.
- instant clone
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- An operation that quickly creates a new virtual machine that is an exact copy of a source virtual machine.
- A new virtual machine created by an instant clone operation.