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Managing Snapshots
VM > Snapshot > Snapshot Manager
Use the Snapshot Manager to review all snapshots for the current virtual machine and act on them directly.
The following sections describe how to manage your snapshots:
Understanding the Snapshot Tree
The snapshot tree in the top of the Snapshot Manager window displays a hierarchy of all snapshots currently present on this virtual machine. The You Are Here icon represents the current state of the virtual machine.
You can act directly on the snapshots in the snapshot tree.
• Click a snapshot to select that snapshot. To select more than one snapshot, hold down the Ctrl key while clicking the snapshots one by one. You can use one of the command buttons on the selected snapshot or snapshots.
• Double-click a snapshot to revert the virtual machine to that snapshot.
• Right-click a snapshot to display a pop-up menu with commands available to that snapshot.
• Select Go to Snapshot to open the selected snapshot as though you had clicked the Go To Snapshot button.
• Select
Clone This Snapshot to create a stand-alone virtual machine called a clone. For information on clones, see
Snapshot Details.
• Select Delete Snapshot to delete the selected snapshot. This has no effect on existing snapshots taken from the selected snapshot.
• Select Delete Snapshot and Children to delete the selected snapshot and all snapshots based on the selected snapshot.
Note: If a snapshot has been cloned, it becomes locked. If you delete a locked snapshot, the clone or clones created from that snapshot no longer operate. When you attempt to delete a locked snapshot, a warning dialog box appears asking for confirmation before deleting the locked snapshot.
• Hover the cursor over a snapshot to display the full name of that snapshot. This is helpful when a long name is truncated in the snapshot tree.
Snapshot Details
The command buttons at the top of the Snapshot Manager allow you to perform different functions on snapshots.
• Click Take Snapshot when you have You Are Here highlighted in the snapshot tree to take a new snapshot of the current state of the virtual machine.
• Click Clone to create an independent copy (clone) of the virtual machine from the snapshot. This opens the Clone Virtual Machine Wizard, which guides you through the process of cloning the virtual machine.
Note: For more detailed information on cloning virtual machines, see the User's Manual, available from the Help menu.
• Click Delete to remove the selected snapshot. This action does not affect the deleted snapshot's children (those snapshots stemming from the selected snapshot). Snapshots cannot be deleted from a template virtual machine.
Note: For more information on templates, see the User's Manual.
Note: If a snapshot has been cloned, it becomes locked. If you delete a locked snapshot, the clone(s) created from that snapshot no longer operates. When you attempt to delete a locked snapshot, a warning dialog box appears asking for confirmation before deleting the locked snapshot.
• Click Zoom In to zoom in on the snapshot tree display.
• Click Zoom Out to zoom out on the snapshot tree display. If you have a number of snapshots, this feature allows you to view the whole snapshot tree at once.
You can edit the name and description of a snapshot by typing into the appropriate field. Click within the Name or Description field to change the entry in that field. Type your changes. When your cursor leaves the field, Workstation checks your entry for length, duplicate names and invalid characters.
Snapshot Navigation
The navigation buttons located along the bottom of the Snapshot Manager perform functions that navigate outside the Snapshot Manager.
• Click Go To to revert to the selected snapshot. This discards the current state of the virtual machine.
• Click Close to close the Snapshot Manager
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