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Cannot create snapshot of a VM
Posted: 12. Apr 2012, 20:19
by jvsrvcs
I am trying to take a snapshot of a virtual machine and get an error dialog / popup.
VirtualBox - Error
Failed to create a snapshot of the virtual machine AvalancheDev.
Any ideas?
Re: Cannot create snapshot of a VM
Posted: 12. Apr 2012, 20:40
by Perryg
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Minimal information needed to be able to help
Is there enough space on the drive?
What version of VirtualBox?
Re: Cannot create snapshot of a VM
Posted: 13. Apr 2012, 03:23
by jvsrvcs
There is indeed enough space on the drive. I am using a 3TB drive that has 2.5TB free. I am using a windows 7 host & windows xp pro x32 for guest os.
Re: Cannot create snapshot of a VM
Posted: 13. Apr 2012, 16:48
by stefan.becker
There seems not to be enough space for the logfile?!
Re: Cannot create snapshot of a VM
Posted: 13. Apr 2012, 18:14
by mpack
Are you looking at the right drive? Snapshots are created in the "Snapshots" subfolder of the VM folder. So if your VM folder is on a different drive than your VDI then you could get this.
I must say that I'd be surprised if disk space was the problem - a snapshot is very small when first created.
Was this a live snapshot?, i.e. was the VM running at the time?
I'll wait for sufficient data (e.g. a zipped log file) before speculating further.
Re: Cannot create snapshot of a VM
Posted: 17. Apr 2012, 01:13
by jvsrvcs
My vdi files for primary and snapshots are all on the same drive. I will find the log file, zip and attach. The VM is shut down and am trying to take a snapshot.