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
- Right-click a VM in the vSphere Client, and select menu Snapshots > vSAN Data Protection > Snapshot Management.
- Select a snapshot from the list, and click Clone VM to open the Clone VM dialog.
- Enter a name for the clone, select a location, and click Next.
- Select a compute resource for the clone, and click Next.
- Review the information, and click Clone.
Results
The linked clone VM is created, and is available in vCenter.