Cannot create a clone of a VM: "Virtual Machine volume rootdisk does not support snapshots"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • We cannot create a clone or a snapshot of a VM, with the error message: "Virtual Machine volume rootdisk does not support snapshots".
  • VM uses a disk from the hostpath-provisioner storage class.

Environment

  • OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 4.17
  • OpenShift Virtualization 4.17
  • Host path provisioner (HPP)

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