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5 Locate and right-click the .vmtx file and select Register VM.
The Register Virtual Machine wizard appears.
6 Maintain the original template name or enter a new name in the Name text box.
7 Select a location for the template and click Next.
8 Select a host or cluster on which to store the template and click Next.
9 Review your selections and click Finish.
10 To verify that the template is reregistered, check the host or cluster inventory.
Inventory Description
Host
Browse to the host. Click the Related Objects tab, and click VM
Templates.
Cluster
Browse to the cluster. In the inventory view, select VM Templates to
display the list of templates.
The template is registered to the host. Click the Related Objects tab, and click VM Templates to view the
template. You can view the template from the host’s Related Objects tab by clicking VM Templates .
Using Snapshots To Manage Virtual Machines
Snapshots preserve the state and data of a virtual machine at the time you take the snapshot. Snapshots are
useful when you must revert repeatedly to the same virtual machine state, but you do not want to create
multiple virtual machines.
You can take multiple snapshots of a virtual machine to create restoration positions in a linear process. With
multiple snapshots, you can save many positions to accommodate many kinds of work processes. Snapshots
operate on individual virtual machines. Taking snapshots of multiple virtual machines, for example, taking
snapshots for all members of a team, requires that you take a separate snapshot of each team member's
virtual machine.
Snapshots are useful as a short term solution for testing software with unknown or potentially harmful
effects. For example, you can use a snapshot as a restoration point during a linear or iterative process, such
as installing update packages, or during a branching process, such as installing different versions of a
program. Using snapshots ensures that each installation begins from an identical baseline.
With snapshots, you can preserve a baseline before diverging a virtual machine in the snapshot tree.
The Snapshot Manager in the vSphere Web Client provide several operations for creating and managing
virtual machine snapshots and snapshot trees. These operations let you create snapshots, restore any
snapshot in the snapshot hierarchy, delete snapshots, and more. You can create extensive snapshot trees that
you can use to save the virtual machine state at any specific time and restore the virtual machine state later.
Each branch in a snapshot tree can have up to 32 snapshots.
A snapshot preserves the following information:
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Virtual machine settings. The virtual machine directory, which includes disks that were added or
changed after you took the snapshot.
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Power state. The virtual machine can be powered on, powered off, or suspended.
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Disk state. State of all the virtual machine's virtual disks.
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(Optional) Memory state. The contents of the virtual machine's memory.
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