Workstation User’s Manual
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Snapshot Conflicts
Avoidtakingasnapshotwhenapplicationsinthevirtualmachinearecommunicating
withothercomputers,especiallyinproductionenvironments.
Supposeyoutakeasnapshotwhilethevirtualmachineisdownloadingafilefroma
serveronthenetwork.Afteryoutakethesnapshot,thevirtualmachinecontinues
downloadingthefile,communicatingitsprogresstotheserv
er.Ifyoureverttothe
snapshot,communicationsbetweenthevirtualmachineandtheserverareconfused
andthefiletransferfails.
Orconsideracaseinwhichyoutakeasnapshotwhileanapplicationinthevirtual
machineissendingatransactiontoadatabaseonaseparatemac
hine.Ifyourevertto
thatsnapshotafterthetransactionstartsbutbeforeitiscommitted,thedatabaseis
likelytobeconfused.
Enable or Disable Background Snapshots
Whenyousetapreferencetotakesnapshotsinthebackground,youcancontinue
workingwhilethestateofthevirtualmachineisbeingpreserved.Aprogressindicator
forthebackgroundsnapshotisdisplayedinoneofthecornersoftheWorkstation
window.
Beforeyoubegin,onLinuxhosts,runWorkstationastherootuser
.Onlyrootusersare
allowedtochangethispreferencesetting.
IfyoutakeanothersnapshotorreverttoasnapshotbeforeWorkstationcompletesa
pendingsnapshotoperation,aprogressdialogboxappears.Youmustwaitforthe
pendingsnapshotoperationtofinishbeforethenextsnapshotorresumeo
peration
begins.
Enablingbackgroundsnapshotsforahostwithslowharddiskscanadverselyaffect
performance.Ifyouexperiencesignificantperformanceproblemswhentakingor
restoringsnapshots,disablebackgroundsnapshots.
To enable or disable background snapshots
1 ChooseEdit>Preferences.
2ClickthePrioritytab.
3UsethecheckboxintheSnapshotssectiontoenableordisablebackground
sn
apsh
ots.
4ClickOKandrestartthevirtualmachine.
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