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Using Snapshots 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
  • Examples of Using Snapshots
  • What Is Captured by a Snapshot?
  • Taking a Snapshot
  • The Snapshot Manager
  • Restoring a Snapshot: Revert or Go To?
  • Virtual Machine Settings for Snapshots
  • Deleting a Snapshot
  • Snapshots and Repeatable Resume
  • Making a Clone from a Snapshot
  • Snapshots and Legacy Virtual Machines
  • Snapshots and Other Activity in the Virtual Machine
  • Understanding Snapshots
    If you want to save a virtual machine and simply return later to continue, see Using Suspend and Resume.
    Snapshots are useful when you need to revert repeatedly to the same state, but you don't want to create multiple virtual machines. With snapshots you create backup and restore positions in a linear process. You can also preserve a baseline before diverging a virtual machine in a process tree.
    Multiple snapshots are not simply a new way of saving your VMs. With multiple snapshots, you can save many positions to accommodate many kinds of work processes.


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