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Workstation User’s Manual
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If your use of virtual machines is strongly performance oriented, the guest operating system’s drives are defragmented. See “Defragment Virtual Disks” on page 239. 
If the virtual machine has multiple disks in different disk modes, the virtual machine is powered off. For example, if a special purpose configuration requires you to use an independent disk, you must power off the virtual machine before taking a snapshot. 
If the virtual machine was created with Workstation 4 delete any existing snapshots or upgrade the virtual machine to Workstation 5.x or higher. See “Change the Version of a Virtual Machine” on page 90.
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To create a child snapshot, you must revert to an earlier snapshot. With the creation of a child snapshot, the linear process becomes a process tree. See “Restore an Earlier State from a Snapshot” on page 211 and “Snapshot Relationships” on page 205.
To take a snapshot
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Choose VM > Snapshot > Take Snapshot.
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Enter a unique name. 3
(Optional) Enter a description. Use this field to record notes about the virtual machine state captured in the snapshot.
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Click OK.
The stored snapshot is the parent snapshot of the virtual machine.
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(Optional) To create a child snapshot you must revert to an earlier snapshot from the Snapshot Manager.
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Choose VM > Snapshot Manager.
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Choose a snapshot to revert to and click Go To.
The current state of the virtual machine is lost and a child snapshot is created. 210
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