VMware Snapshots

A VMware snapshot is a version of a VM at a specific point in time. As a best practice, it is recommended that you take a VM snapshot of your deployment before making any changes to the system.

To create a VMware snapshot:

  1. From the virtualization software client (VMware vSphere Client), select your virtual image, right click and select Snapshot > Take Snapshot.
  2. Enter the Name and Description of the snapshot. Provide enough details in the Description so that other administrators can understand what is in each snapshot.
  3. Select Snapshot machine’s virtual memory.
  4. (Optional) If VMware Tools is installed, you can also select Quiesce guest file system to pause running processes before you take a snapshot.
Parent topic: VM Maintenance