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Delete a Snapshot
You can manually delete snapshots that you no longer need or to make more disk space available.
The virtual disk files that a snapshot creates do not contain the entire contents of the virtual machine's
virtual disk. When you delete a snapshot, you must consolidate the changes that it captured into the
original, parent virtual disk.
You cannot delete the snapshot showing the "Current State" of the virtual machine.
Prerequisites
Allocate enough time for virtual disk consolidation. If a snapshot captured a state considerably different
from the earlier state, for example, a service pack upgrade, the consolidation might take up to a few
hours.
Procedure
1 Select Virtual Machine > Snapshots.
2 Select the snapshot to delete.
Option Action
To select multiple adjacent snapshots. Shift-click
To select multiple snapshots that are
not adjacent.
Command-click
3 Click Delete.
4 Click Delete to confirm that you want to delete the snapshot.
The snapshot is deleted and virtual disk consolidation takes place.
AutoProtect
Fusion can take snapshots of the state of your virtual machine at intervals with the AutoProtect function.
This feature is in addition to manual snapshots, which you can take at any time.
Use AutoProtect to instruct Fusion to take a snapshot automatically every 30 minutes, every hour, or
every day.
Set Up Automatic Snapshots with AutoProtect
Fusion can take snapshots of the state of a virtual machine automatically at set intervals, with the
AutoProtect function. This function is in addition to manual snapshots, which you can take at any time.
When you turn on AutoProtect, you set the maximum number of AutoProtect snapshots to keep at a time.
After this number is reached, Fusion deletes the oldest AutoProtect snapshot in the range to make room
for the newest snapshot.
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