VMware Workstation 4.5

VMware Workstation 4 offers two ways to preserve the state of a virtual machine. The following sections describe these features and help you understand which is appropriate in particular situations:

• Using Suspend and Resume
• Using the Snapshot
  • What Is Captured by the Snapshot?
  • Settings for the Snapshot
  • Updating the Snapshot When You Change Virtual Machine Settings
  • Removing the Snapshot
  • Ways of Using the Snapshot
  • The Snapshot and Legacy Disk Modes
  • The Snapshot and Repeatable Resume
  • The Snapshot and Legacy Virtual Machines
  • The Snapshot and the Virtual Machine's Hard Disks
  • The Snapshot and Other Activity in the Virtual Machine