Create Redo Logs
A redo log is created by taking a virtual machine snapshot, which contains both disk data and virtual machine state. On hosted disk only, VixDiskLib_CreateChild() creates a redo log without virtual machine state.
You could write a simple application to create redo logs, or snapshots on managed disk, at 3:00 AM nightly. (although multiple snapshots have a performance impact). When you create a redo log while the virtual machine is running, the VMware host re-arranges file pointers so the primary VMDK, <vmname>.vmdk for example, keeps track of redo logs in the disk chain. Use the disk chain to re-create data for any given day.
To re-create data for any given day