Bug 231069 - Official VMware image of FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE can't be snapshot
Summary: Official VMware image of FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE can't be snapshot
Status: New
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: misc (show other bugs)
Version: 11.2-RELEASE
Hardware: amd64 Any
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Assignee: freebsd-virtualization (Nobody)
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Reported: 2018-09-01 08:53 UTC by patpro
Modified: 2021-05-14 12:01 UTC (History)
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Description patpro 2018-09-01 08:53:14 UTC 
I've downloaded Vmware image of FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE of late July, and it appears that the resulting virtual machine can't be snapshot: creating a snapshot of this VM results in an immediate shutdown and in a light corruption of the VM.
Corruption can be reversed by manually editing the config file of the VM.

I'm using: 
VMware ESXi 5.5.0 Update 3 (Build 3248547)
VM is installed on an NFS datastore
This datastore in served by a FreeBSD server (ZFS)

Not sure whether the vmdk available for download is somehow defective or non-compatible with my setup. It's the first time I'm hit with this kind of bug.

URL of the vmdk: https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/VM-IMAGES/11.2-RELEASE/amd64/Latest/FreeBSD-11.2-RELEASE-amd64.vmdk.xz
Comment 1 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2021-05-14 12:01:01 UTC 
^Triage: correct assignment.  Discussed with: koobs@.