Definition of anthropology. 1  1 : the science of human beings; especially : the study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture. 2  2 : theology dealing with the origin, nature, and destiny of human beings.
This type of backup is often described as a âbare metal backupâ because it backs up physical disks at the volume level. In other words, a true disk image is an exact copy of an entire physical disk or disk partition.
â Ideal for live backup of guests, without guest intervention (kinda sorta) â Disk level roll-back, ideal for system upgrade testing etc. 5 Snapshot types â COW vs full snapshots: â Copy-On-Write snapshots creates a new 'root' block device, referencing original device.