Snapshot Limitations - VMware
docs.vmware.com › en › VMware-vSphereMay 25, 2021 · Snapshot Limitations. Snapshot Limitations. Snapshots can affect the virtual machine performance and do not support some disk types or virtual machines configured with bus sharing. Snapshots are useful as short-term solutions for capturing point-in-time virtual machine states and are not appropriate for long-term virtual machine backups.
How to control maximum number of VMware snapshots
williamlam.com › 2010 › 10Oct 31, 2010 · I recently discovered an undocumented .vmx entry that allows you to control the maximum number of VMware snapshots for a given virtual machine. By default, a virtual machine can have a snapshot tree depth of 31, in the worse case scenario supporting up to a maximum of 496 snapshots. Here is what a VM looks like with 496 snapshots (unexpanded):