You can use a vSAN snapshot to create a linked clone VM to match the state of the original VM.

When you clone a VM from a vSAN snapshot, you must specify the location and compute resource for the clone.

Procedure

  1. Right-click a VM in the vSphere Client, and select menu Snapshots > vSAN Data Protection > Snapshot Management.
  2. Select a snapshot from the list, and click Clone VM to open the Clone VM dialog.
  3. Enter a name for the clone, select a location, and click Next.
  4. Select a compute resource for the clone, and click Next.
  5. Review the information, and click Clone.

Results

The linked clone VM is created, and is available in vCenter.