Specifications

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— and you have disks in undoable or nonpersistent mode, you have a snapshot. If you
have persistent disks, you have no snapshot. You have the following options:
• Persistent mode — You have no snapshot. You may take a snapshot any time
the virtual machine is powered off.
• Undoable mode — You have a snapshot. You may update or remove the
snapshot any time the virtual machine is powered off.
• Nonpersistent mode — You have a snapshot. In addition, in the virtual machine
settings editor, the virtual machine is set to revert to the snapshot every time it is
powered off. You may update or remove the snapshot any time the virtual
machine is powered off. You may also change the settings in the virtual machine
settings editor any time the virtual machine is powered off.