The SCALE CLI guide is a work in progress! New namespace and command documentation is continually added and maintained, so check back here often to see what is new! Related CLI Storage Articles Dataset Disk Enclosure Filesystem (Storage) Pool Resilver Scrub Snapshot Related Snapshot Articles Dataset Setting Up a Local Replication Task Snapshots Screen Creating Snapshots Managing Snapshots Snapshot Adding Periodic Snapshot Tasks Periodic Snapshot Tasks Screens Creating VMWare Snapshots Related VMware Articles Creating VMWare Snapshots VMWare Snapshots Screen
You must power on virtual machines for TrueNAS to copy snapshots to VMware. The temporary VMware snapshots deleted on the VMware side still exist in the ZFS snapshot and are available as stable restore points. These coordinated snapshots go in the VMware Snapshots list.
Use this procedure to create ZFS snapshots when using TrueNAS SCALE as a VMWare datastore. VMware Snapshots coordinate ZFS snapshots when using TrueNAS as a VMware datastore.
Use the VMware Snapshot Integration option on the Data Protection > Periodic Snapshot Tasks widget to create snapshots when you are using TrueNAS SCALE as a VMWare datastore. Click VMware Snapshot Integration to display the Add VMware Snapshot screen.
Figure 1: Add VMware Snapshot Screen Setting Description Hostname Enter the IP address or host name of the VMware host. When clustering, enter the vCenter server for the cluster. Username Enter the user on the VMware host with permission to snapshot virtual machines.
