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1	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2	<!DOCTYPE topic
3	PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
4	<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="snapshots">
5	<title>Snapshots</title>
6
7	<body>
8	<p>
9	With snapshots, you can save a particular state of a virtual
10	machine for later use. At any later time, you can revert to that
11	state, even though you may have changed the VM considerably since
12	then. A snapshot of a virtual machine is thus similar to a machine
13	in Saved state, but there can be many of them, and these saved
14	states are preserved.
15	</p>
16	<p> To see the snapshots of a virtual machine, click the machine name in <ph
17	conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>. In the machine tools menu for the VM, click
18	<b outputclass="bold">Snapshots</b>. The Snapshots tool is displayed. </p>
19	<fig id="fig-snapshots-tool">
20	<title>Snapshots Tool, Showing Snapshot Properties</title>
21	<xref href="images/snapshots-1.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
22	<image href="images/snapshots-1.png" width="10cm" placement="break">
23	<alt>Snapshots Tool, Showing Snapshot Properties</alt>
24	</image>
25	</xref>
26	<image platform="ohc" href="images/snapshots-1.png" width="10cm" placement="break">
27	<alt>Snapshots Tool, Showing Snapshot Properties</alt>
28	</image>
29	</fig>
30	<p>
31	If you select multiple VMs in the machine list, all snapshots are
32	listed for each VM.
33	</p>
34	<p>
35	Until you take a snapshot of the virtual machine, the list of
36	snapshots will be empty, except for the
37	<b outputclass="bold">Current State</b> item. This item
38	represents the current point in the lifetime of the virtual
39	machine.
40	</p>
41	<p>
42	The Snapshots window includes a toolbar, enabling you to perform
43	the following snapshot operations:
44	</p>
45	<ul>
46	<li>
47	<p>
48	<b outputclass="bold">Take.</b> Takes a snapshot of the
49	selected VM. See
50	<xref href="snapshots-take-restore-delete.dita#snapshots-take-restore-delete"/>.
51	</p>
52	</li>
53	<li>
54	<p>
55	<b outputclass="bold">Delete.</b> Removes a snapshot
56	from the list of snapshots. See
57	<xref href="snapshots-take-restore-delete.dita#snapshots-take-restore-delete"/>.
58	</p>
59	</li>
60	<li>
61	<p>
62	<b outputclass="bold">Restore.</b> Restores the VM
63	state to be the same as the selected snapshot. See
64	<xref href="snapshots-take-restore-delete.dita#snapshots-take-restore-delete"/>.
65	</p>
66	</li>
67	<li>
68	<p>
69	<b outputclass="bold">Properties.</b> Displays the
70	properties for the selected snapshot. The
71	<b outputclass="bold">Attributes</b> tab is used to
72	specify a Name and Description for the snapshot. The
73	<b outputclass="bold">Information</b> tab shows VM
74	settings for the snapshot.
75	</p>
76	</li>
77	<li>
78	<p>
79	<b outputclass="bold">Clone.</b> Displays the
80	<b outputclass="bold">Clone Virtual Machine</b> wizard.
81	This enables you to create a clone of the VM, based on the
82	selected snapshot.
83	</p>
84	</li>
85	<li>
86	<p>
87	<b outputclass="bold">Settings.</b> Available for the
88	Current State snapshot only. Displays the
89	<b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> window for the VM,
90	enabling you to make configuration changes.
91	</p>
92	</li>
93	<li>
94	<p>
95	<b outputclass="bold">Discard.</b> For a running VM,
96	discards the saved state for the VM and closes it down.
97	</p>
98	</li>
99	<li>
100	<p>
101	<b outputclass="bold">Start.</b> Start the VM. This
102	operation is available for the <b outputclass="bold">Current
103	State</b> item.
104	</p>
105	</li>
106	</ul>
107	</body>
108
109
110	</topic>

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