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Snapshot Tree
— This area displays a snapshot hierarchy of all snapshots for the current virtual machine.
Linux hosts have a zoom feature to change the magnification of the tree.
  • Zoom In—Click this button to increase magnification for the snapshot tree display.
  • Zoom out—Click this button to decrease magnification for the snapshot tree display. If you have a many snapshots, this feature allows you to view the whole snapshot tree.
  • You can act directly on snapshots in the Snapshot Tree.
    Action
    Description
    Click a snapshot
    Selects that snapshot. You can use one of the Command Buttons on the selected snapshots.
    Double-click a snapshot
    Reverts to that snapshot, and restores the power state of the VM at the time the snapshot was taken.
    Right-click
    Displays a pop-up menu with commands available to that snapshot.
  • Go To Snapshot—This command opens the selected snapshot as if you clicked the Go To Snapshot button.
  • Clone this snapshot—This command creates a stand-alone virtual machine called a clone. Refer to Cloning a Virtual Machine for a description of clones.
  • Delete Snapshot—This command deletes the selected snapshot as if you clicked the Delete Snapshot button. Existing snapshots taken from the selected snapshot are not affected.
  • Delete Snapshot and Children—This command deletes the selected snapshot and all snapshots based from the selected snapshot.
  • Hover the cursor over a snapshot
    Displays the complete name of that snapshot. This is useful when a long name is truncated within the Snapshot Tree region.
    Details Region
    — This area displays information available about the selected snapshot: name, description and thumbnail. These fields are blank if you have not selected a snapshot.
    Command Buttons
    — The Snapshot Manager has three command buttons: Delete, Clone and Consolidate.
    Note: Command buttons appear in different locations in the Linux and Windows Snapshot Manager windows: at the top and on the right side, respectively.
    Button
    Description
    Delete
    The delete command removes the selected snapshot. The state of the virtual machine represented by that snapshot is no longer available, but you must use the Consolidate button to reclaim disk space used by the deleted snapshot.
    Clone
    The clone command creates a completely independent copy of the virtual machine from the selected snapshot. See Cloning a Virtual Machine for information about cloning.
    Consolidate
    The consolidate command cleans up disk space after you have deleted a snapshot. This button is active only if there are deleted snapshots associated with the selected VM.
    Navigation Region
    — This area contains buttons to navigate out of the dialog box.
  • Go To—opens the selected snapshot and powers up the virtual machine, discarding the current state.
  • Close—closes the Snapshot Manager.
  • Help—opens the Workstation help system.
  • You Are Here Icon
    — The You Are Here icon represents the current operational state of the virtual machine. The You Are Here icon is always selected and visible when you open the Snapshot Manager.
    It is important to understand that the You are Here is a state that is never a snapshot itself, but rather the virtual machine state after the parent snapshot. A snapshot is always a static record of a virtual machine state. The You Are Here state can be operational and changing. Even when you create a snapshot of a powered off or suspended VM, the You are Here state is not identical to the snapshot.
    You cannot go to or select the You Are Here state. You Are Here always represents the current and active state.


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