VMware Workstation 5.0

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Using Snapshots

VMware Workstation snapshots allow you to preserve the state of the virtual machine so you can return to the same state repeatedly. Version 5 introduces multiple snapshots and the snapshot manager.

This section discusses snapshots in the following topics:

Understanding Snapshots

Snapshots in a Linear Process

Snapshots in a Process Tree

Relationship Between Snapshots

Examples of Using Snapshots

Using Snapshots as Protection from Risky Changes

What Is Captured by a Snapshot?

Snapshots and Other Activity in the Virtual Machine

Excluding Disks from Snapshots

Snapshot Actions as Background Activity

When Can I Take a Snapshot?

Changing Disk Mode to Exclude Virtual Disks from Snapshots

Taking a Snapshot

The Snapshot Manager

Restoring a Snapshot: Revert or Go To?

Virtual Machine Settings for Snapshots

Deleting a Snapshot

Making a Clone from a Snapshot

Snapshots and Legacy Virtual Machines

Snapshots and Other Activity in the Virtual Machine

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