How to differ linked clone from a full clone in VirtualBox? -
i've got list of virtual machines. know of them clones of few base ones. how determine if vm full clone or linked clone? linked clones have own disks or these differencing images of base?
basically these definitions:
- full-clone: full clone independent copy of virtual machine shares nothing parent virtual machine after cloning operation. ongoing operation of full clone entirely separate parent virtual machine
- linked-clone: linked clone copy of virtual machine shares virtual disks parent virtual machine in ongoing manner. conserves disk space, , allows multiple virtual machines use same software installation
linked clones have own virtual disk diferential disk contains new files or whatever parent virtual machine didn't have when snapshot of linked clone created.
the main difference full-clone independent virtual machines , linked-clones dependent virtual machines because linked clones need parent virtual disk base-virtual-disk.
you can find these definition linked , full clone here
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