Specifications

Basic System Administration
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3 (Optional)Typeadescriptionforyoursnapshot.
Descriptionsareusefultoidentifydifferencesbetweensimilarlynamedsnapshots.
DescriptionsappearintheSnapshot Manager.
4ClickOK.
Aprogresspop‐upmenuboxappears.Whenthesnapshothasbeensuccessfully
taken,itislistedintheRecentTasksfieldatthebottomofVirtualCenter .
5Click
thetargetvirtualmachinetodisplaytasksandeventsforthismachineor,
whilethevirtualmachineisstillselected,clicktheTasks&Eventstab.
Changing Disk Mode to Exclude Virtual Disks from Snapshots
Youmustpoweroffanddeleteanyexistingsnapshotsbeforeyouattempttochangethe
diskmode.Deletingasnapshotinvolvescommittingtheexistingdataonthesnapshot
disktotheparentdisk.
To exclude a disk from a snapshot
1 ChooseInventory>VirtualMachine>EditSettings.
2ClicktheHardwaretab,andselecttheharddiskyou
wanttoexclude.