5.9.4 vCloud Director Snapshot Characteristics
vCloud Director 5.1 snapshot capabilities include the following:
One snapshot per virtual machine is permitted.
NIC settings are marked read only after
a snapshot is taken.
NIC setting editing is disabled through the API after
a snapshot is taken.
Requires the user to have the vAPP_Clone user right.
Snapshot storage allocation is added to chargeback.
vCloud Director performs Storage Quota check.
REST API support to perform snapshots.
Virtual machine memory can be included in the snapshot.
Full clone force upon copy or move of virtual machine, resulting in the deletion of the snapshot (shadow VMDK).