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QEMU Guest Agent: Installation and Configuration on Linux/Windows for Consistent Snapshots and VM Monitoring
QEMU Guest Agent (qemu-ga) is a daemon running inside the VM that freezes the filesystem before snapshots are taken, ensuring data consistency and preventing corruption on restore. This guide covers installation on Linux and Windows, configuration with KVM/libvirt and Proxmox, plus troubleshooting for common issues.