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4 Click either Save to save a snapshot of the current state before you restore the virtual
machine to the selected snapshot state, or Don't Save a snapshot.
Results
The virtual machine is restored to the state that the selected snapshot captured.
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.
Results
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.
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