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Chapter 16 Using Snapshots
Restoring a Snapshot
VMwareVirtualCenterincludesthefollowingsnapshotmethodstoallowyoutoreturn
totheoriginalvirtualmachine:
 TheInventory>VirtualMachine>SnapshotmenucontainsthecommandRevert
toSnapshot.
 TheSnapshotManagerhasaGotobutton.
Parent Snapshot
TodiscernbetweentheReverttoSnapshotandGotocommands,youmust
understandwhatismeantbytheparentsnapshot.
Theparentsnapshotisthemostrecentlysavedversionofthecurrentstateofthevirtual
machine.Ifyouhavejusttakenasnapshot,thatstoredstateistheparent
snapshotof
thecurrentstate(Youarehere).Ifyourevertorgotoasnapshot,thatsnapshotbecomes
theparentofthecurrentstate(Youarehere).
TheparentsnapshotisalwaysthesnapshotappearingimmediatelyabovetheYouare
hereiconintheSnapshotManager.
Figure 16-2. Parent Snapshot
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OTETheparentsnapshotisnotalwaysthesnapshotyoutookmostrecently.For
example,ifyoutakeasnapshottodayandthenGotoasnapshotyoutookyesterday,
thesnapshotyoutooktodayisnolongertheparentofthecurrentstateofthevirtual
machine.Theparentsnapshot
hasbecomethesnapshotyoutookyesterday.
Parent Snapshot