Specifications

Basic System Administration
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TheYouarehereiconrepresentsastatethatisneverasnapshotitselfbutrather
thevirtualmachinestateaftertheparentsnapshot.Asnapshotisalwaysastatic
recordofavirtualmachinestate.TheYouareherestatecanbeoperationaland
changing.Evenwhenyoucreatea
snapshotofapoweredofforsuspendedvirtual
machine,theYouareherestateisnotidenticaltothesnapshot.
YoucannotgotoorselecttheYouareherestate.Youareherealwaysrepresents
thecurrentandactivestate.
 CommandButtons–TheSnapshotManagerhasthreecommandbuttonsintheleft
pane:Goto,Delete,andDeleteAll.
 Details–Displaysthenameanddescriptionoftheselectedsnapshot.Thesefields
areblankifyouhavenotselectedasnapshot.
 NavigationRegion–Containsbuttonsfornavigatingoutofthedialogbox:
 Close–ClosestheSnapshotManager.
 Help–Opensthehelpsystem.
To use the Snapshot Manager
1 ChooseInventory>VirtualMachine>Snapshot>SnapshotManager.
2IntheSnapshotManager,selectasnapshotbyclickingit.
3Togotoasnapshot,clicktheGotobuttontorestorethevirtualmachinetoany
arbitrarysnapshot.
TheGotocommandallowsyou
torestorethestateofanysnapshot.
4ClickYesintheconfirmationdialogbox.
5Todeleteasnapshot,clicktheDeletebuttontopermanentlyremoveasnapshot
fromVirtualCenteruse.
6ClickYesintheconfirmationdialogbox.
7Todeleteallsnapshots,clicktheDeleteAllbuttontopermanentlyremoveall
snapshotsfrom
VirtualCenteruse.
8ClickYesintheconfirmationdialogbox.
9ClickClosetoexittheSnapshotManager.
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OTEDeletecommitsthesnapshotdatatotheparentandthenremovesthe
selectedsnapshot.DeleteAllcommitsalltheimmediatesnapshotsbeforetheYou
areherecurrentstatetothebasediskandremovesallexistingsnapshotsforthat
virtualmachine.