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Remove Virtual Machines from the Datastore in the VMware Host Client
Remove unnecessary virtual machines from the VMware Host Client inventory to free space on the
datastore. Removing a virtual machine from the host deletes all virtual machine les from the datastore,
including the conguration le and virtual disk les.
Prerequisites
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Power o the virtual machine.
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Verify that the virtual machine does not share the disk with another virtual machine. If two virtual
machines are sharing the same disk, the disk les are not deleted.
Procedure
1 Click Virtual Machines in the VMware Host Client inventory.
2 Right-click the virtual machine from the list and select Delete from the drop-down menu.
3 Click Delete.
Register a Virtual Machine in the VMware Host Client
If you remove a virtual machine or template from a host but do not remove it from the host datastore, you
can return it to the host's inventory.
Procedure
1 Click Storage in the VMware Host Client inventory.
2 Right-click a datastore from the list and click Register a VM.
3 Select the virtual machine you want to register from the list and click Register.
Using Snapshots To Manage Virtual Machines
Snapshots preserve the state and data of a virtual machine at the time you take the snapshot. When you take
a snapshot of a virtual machine, the virtual machine is not aected and only an image of the virtual machine
in a given state is copied and stored. 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 be able to perform many types 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
eects. 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 dierent versions of a
program. Using snapshots ensures that each installation begins from an identical baseline.
With snapshots, you can preserve a baseline before making changes to a virtual machine in the snapshot
tree.
Several operations for creating and managing virtual machine snapshots and snapshot trees are available in
the Snapshot Manager of the VMware Host Client. These operations enable you to 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 state of a virtual machine at any specic time and restore the virtual machine
state later. Each branch in a snapshot tree can have up to 32 snapshots.
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