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C H A P T E R 9 Preserving the State of a Virtual Machine
Snapshot Tree — The snapshot tree shows all snapshots for the active virtual
machine.
Linux hosts have a zoom feature to change the magnification of the tree.
• Click Zoom In to increase magnification for the snapshot tree display.
• Click Zoom out to decrease magnification for the snapshot tree display. If you
have many snapshots, this feature allows you to view the whole snapshot tree.
You can act directly on snapshots in the snapshot tree.
Action
Description
Click a snapshot
Selects that snapshot. To act on the selected snapshots, click one of the
command buttons: Take Snapshot, Delete, and Clone. See Command
Buttons on page 261
Double-click a
snapshot
Reverts to that snapshot and restores the power state of the virtual machine
at the time the snapshot was taken.
Right-click a snapshot Displays a pop-up menu with commands available to that snapshot.
• Go to Snapshot — This command opens the selected snapshot as if you
clicked the Go To Snapshot button.
• Clone This snapshot — This command creates a stand-alone virtual
machine called a clone. Refer to Cloning a Virtual Machine on page 267 for
a description of clones.
• Delete Snapshot — This command deletes the selected snapshot as if you
clicked the Delete button. Snapshots that are children of the selected
snapshot are not affected.
• Delete Snapshot and Children — This command deletes the selected
snapshot and all snapshots based from the selected snapshot.
Move the cursor over
a snapshot (without
clicking)
Displays the complete name of that snapshot. This is useful when a long
name is truncated in the snapshot tree display.
Details Region — This area displays information about the selected snapshot:
name, description, and thumbnail screenshot. If you have not selected a snapshot,
these fields are blank.
Command Buttons — The snapshot manager has three command buttons: Take
Snapshot, Delete, and Clone.
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