hi guys,
I've been in an interview a while ago for an IT position in a government agency, my CV had Vmware stuff, the guy asked, if we had a couple of VMs then we wanted to install few apps however we weren't sure if the apps would break ours VMs what should we do?
I answered the first thing we do is to create a snapshot for that VM so we can revert to it in case something is broken.

The guy just gave me blank eyes and i felt like if he disagree then he gave me another question

Am i wrong?

You're supposed to zip the VM drive and send it to yourself via email, so you can recover it later. Obviously

@Hazarth Is this the main procedure? you zip a 30 or 100 gb drive and send it over email? which provider allow you to do that?

@dIREsTRAITS You have to split it into parts that are smaller than 20MB and then send one email for each, duh.

@Hazarth But why would you consider this the right answer?

@dIREsTRAITS you do realize Im joking, right? It's the same Concept as when people send zipped source code over Email because they don't know how to use git ._.

@Hazarth Do you think I have time to joke with you?

Anyway, these are the solutions that were proposed by ChatGPT

If you're concerned about installing an application that might negatively affect your virtual machines (VMs), here are some steps you can take to mitigate risks:

### 1. **Snapshot the VMs:**
- Before installing the new application, take a snapshot of each VM. This creates a point-in-time backup that you can revert to if anything goes wrong.
- This way, if the application installation causes issues, you can easily restore the VM to its previous state.

### 2. **Testing Environment:**
- If possible, set up a separate testing environment where you can install and test the application without impacting your production VMs.
- This allows you to evaluate how the application behaves without risking your live systems.

### 3. **Backup:**
- Ensure you have up-to-date backups of your VMs.
- If something goes wrong, you can restore the VM from the backup
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@dIREsTRAITS I think you need a vacation xD

@Hazarth I actually the interview was at a company called Vacation Solutions Ltd