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<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="snapshots">
<title>Snapshots</title>
<body>
<p>With snapshots, you can save a particular state of a virtual machine for later use. At any later time,
you can revert to that state, even though you may have changed the VM considerably since then. A snapshot of a
virtual machine is thus similar to a machine in Saved state, but there can be many of them, and these saved states
are preserved. </p>
<p>To see the snapshots of a virtual machine, click the machine name in <ph
conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>. In the machine tools menu for the VM, click <b outputclass="bold"
>Snapshots</b>. The Snapshots tool is displayed. </p>
<p>If you select multiple VMs in the machine list, all snapshots are listed for each VM. </p>
<p>Until you take a snapshot of the virtual machine, the list of snapshots will be empty, except for the
<b outputclass="bold">Current State</b> item. This item represents the current point in the lifetime of the
virtual machine. </p>
<p>The Snapshots window includes a toolbar, enabling you to perform the following snapshot operations: </p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><b outputclass="bold">Take.</b> Takes a snapshot of the selected VM. See <xref
href="snapshots-take-restore-delete.dita#snapshots-take-restore-delete"/>. </p>
</li>
<li>
<p><b outputclass="bold">Delete.</b> Removes a snapshot from the list of snapshots. See <xref
href="snapshots-take-restore-delete.dita#snapshots-take-restore-delete"/>. </p>
</li>
<li>
<p><b outputclass="bold">Restore.</b> Restores the VM state to be the same as the selected
snapshot. See <xref href="snapshots-take-restore-delete.dita#snapshots-take-restore-delete"/>. </p>
</li>
<li>
<p><b outputclass="bold">Properties.</b> Displays the properties for the selected snapshot. The <b
outputclass="bold">Attributes</b> tab is used to specify a Name and Description for the snapshot. The <b
outputclass="bold">Information</b> tab shows VM settings for the snapshot. </p>
</li>
<li>
<p><b outputclass="bold">Clone.</b> Displays the <b outputclass="bold">Clone Virtual Machine</b>
wizard. This enables you to create a clone of the VM, based on the selected snapshot. </p>
</li>
<li>
<p><b outputclass="bold">Settings.</b> Available for the Current State snapshot only. Displays the
<b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> window for the VM, enabling you to make configuration changes. </p>
</li>
<li>
<p><b outputclass="bold">Discard.</b> For a running VM, discards the saved state for the VM and
closes it down. </p>
</li>
<li>
<p><b outputclass="bold">Start.</b> Start the VM. This operation is available for the <b
outputclass="bold">Current State</b> item. </p>
</li>
</ul>
</body>
</topic>
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