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Chapter 9 Preserving the State of a Virtual Machine
Take or Revert to a Snapshot at Power Off
Youcansetavirtualmachinetoautomaticallyreverttoasnapshotortotakeanew
snapshotwheneveryoupoweroffthevirtualmachine.
To take a snapshot or revert to one at power off
1 Selectthevirtualmachine.
2 ChooseVM>Settings.
3ClicktheOptionstabandselectSnapshot/Replay.
4 SelectanoptionintheWhenpoweringoffsection:
Justpoweroff–Powersoffwithoutmakinganychangestosnapshots.
Reverttosnapshot–Revertstotheparentsnapshotofthecurrentstate ofthe
virtualmachine(thatis,theparentsnapshotoftheYouAreHerepositionin
theSnapshotManagerwindow).
Aninstructormightusethissettingtodiscardstudentanswersforacomputer
lessonwhenavirtualmachineispow
eredoffattheendofclass.
Takeanewsnapshot–Takesasnapshotofthevirtualmachinestateafteritis
poweredoff.Thisisusefultopreservemilestonesautomatically.Thesnapshot
appearsinthesnapshotmanager.Thenameofthissnapshotisthedateand
timethevirtualmachinewaspoweredoff.Thedescriptionis“A
u to m at i c
snapshotcreatedwhenpoweringoff.”
Askme–Promptsyou,everytimeyoupoweroffavirtualmachine,tochoose
topoweroff,revert,ortakeasnapshot.
5ClickOK.
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