Crash-Consistent Snapshot Cloning - Hyper-V Edition

If you&rsquo;ve been following my T-SQL Snapshot Backup series , most of what I&rsquo;ve covered requires SQL Server to participate in the snapshot: the write IO freeze, the metadata backup, the coordinated workflow. This post covers the other side of that coin: crash-consistent cloning. No write freeze. No backup. No point-in-time recovery. Just a raw volume clone that SQL Server recovers from…