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Possible to allow reverting of VM, but not committing?

Source: microsoft.public.virtualserver
Sent: 09/28/2006
From: Paul Frymire
Message:

Hi all,

I've setup 15 virtual machines running on a large server to be used as a
testing platform for our QA department. Currently I've had to set every user
up with full priviledges so that they can revert the virtual machine back to
it's original clean slate after use. The down side of this, is that they now
have the ability to commit to the disk, which on occasion causes an issue.

Is there any way known to give users the ability to start, stop and revert
and image, but not commit it? Basically all options BUT commit?

Thanks,
Paul Frymire
Microsoft - Boise

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Re: Possible to allow reverting of VM, but not committing?

Sent: 09/28/2006
From: Steve Jain <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

you could just use differencing disks, then the original image never
gets messed up.

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:31:02 -0700, Paul Frymire <Paul
(email address - cut out)> wrote:

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

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>Hi all,
>
>I've setup 15 virtual machines running on a large server to be used as a
>testing platform for our QA department. Currently I've had to set every user
>up with full priviledges so that they can revert the virtual machine back to
>it's original clean slate after use. The down side of this, is that they now
>have the ability to commit to the disk, which on occasion causes an issue.
>
>Is there any way known to give users the ability to start, stop and revert
>and image, but not commit it? Basically all options BUT commit?
>
>Thanks,
>Paul Frymire
>Microsoft - Boise
>

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