⁠10.8. Creating a Snapshot of a Running Virtual Machine

Note

Before you perform the Snapshotting tasks in this lab, you must create a virtual machine named RHEL6Nile.
Summary
In Lab 10, you have created a floating disk, associated it with a virtual machine, flagged it shared, and associated it with a second virtual machine. Now you will create a snapshot of a running virtual machine.
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Procedure 10.5. Creating a Snapshot of a Running Virtual Machine

  1. Click the Virtual Machines tab in the navigation pane.
  2. Select RHEL6Nile in the navigation pane.
  3. Ensure that RHEL6Nile is running. If it has a status of Down, click the green Play button at the top of the navigation pane.
  4. Click the Snapshots tab in the details pane.
  5. Click Create in the upper left of the details pane.
  6. After a short time, the snapshot you just created will appear in the details pane.
Result
You have now created a snapshot of a running virtual machine. Next, you will use the snapshot you have just created to create a virtual machine based on this snapshot.
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