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Using Snapshots Using Snapshots
VMware Workstation snapshots allow you to preserve the state of the virtual machine so you can return to the same state repeatedly. Version 5 introduces multiple snapshots and the snapshot manager.
This section discusses snapshots in the following topics:
  • Understanding Snapshots
  • Snapshots in a Linear Process
  • Snapshots in a Process Tree
  • Relationship Between Snapshots
  • Examples of Using Snapshots
  • Using Snapshots as Protection from Risky Changes
  • What Is Captured by a Snapshot?
  • Snapshots and Other Activity in the Virtual Machine
  • Snapshots and Other Activity in the Virtual Machine
  • Excluding Disks from Snapshots
  • Snapshot Actions as Background Activity
  • When Can I Take a Snapshot?
  • Changing Disk Mode to Exclude Virtual Disks from Snapshots
  • Taking a Snapshot
  • The Snapshot Manager
  • Restoring a Snapshot: Revert or Go To?
  • Virtual Machine Settings for Snapshots
  • Deleting Snapshots
  • Making a Clone from a Snapshot
  • Snapshots and Legacy Virtual Machines


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