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Use PowerStore snapshots to quickly create a test or development environment that mirrors a production environment. To complete this step, you can map thin clones to other host servers or clusters. You can perform this action at the same location, or a different location when PowerStore volume replication is configured between PowerStore clusters.
Note: To avoid IP, MAC address, or server-name conflicts, place copies of VMs recovered from a thin clone in an isolated environment if the original VMs are online.