How to create live snapshots in RHEL KVM?

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Issue

  • How to create live snapshots on KVM ?
  • Is there a utility to create a snapshot of virtual machine (VM) while it is running?
  • Does qemu-kvm support live snapshot creation?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • KVM

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