Workstation User’s Manual
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Using AutoProtect Snapshots
TheAutoProtectfeaturepreservesthestateofyourvirtualmachinebytaking
snapshotsatregularintervalsthatyouspecify.Thisprocessisinadditiontomanual
snapshots,whichyoucantakeatanytime.
YoucansetAutoProtectoptionsintheOptionstaboftheVirtualMachineSettings
window(VM>Set
tings).YouselecttheintervaloftimebetweenAutoProtect
snapshotsandthemaximumnumberofsnapshotsthatwillberetained.Afterthe
maximumnumberofAutoProtectsnapshotsisreached,Workstationdeletestheoldest
AutoProtectsnapshoteachtimeanewAutoProtectsnapshotistaken.Basedonthe
settingsyouenter,Workstationretainsasel
ec
tionofAutoProtectsnapshotsovera
rangeoftime.WorkstationdisplaysthisselectionintheVirtualMachineSettings
window,alongwithanestimateoftheminimumamountofdiskspacetakenby
AutoProtectsnapshots.ThisminimumisaffectedbytheMemorysettinginVirtual
MachineSettings.Themorevi
rtualmemoryyou
rvirtualmachinehas,themoredisk
spaceisavailableforAutoProtectsnapshots.
TheintervalbetweenAutoProtectsnapshotsismeasuredonlywhenthevirtual
machineispoweredon.Forexample,supposeyousetAutoProtecttotakesnapshots
hourly,andthenpoweroffthevirtualmachinefiveminuteslater.Thene
xtAutoProtect
snapshottakesplace55minutesafteryoupoweronthevirtualmachineagain,
regardlessofthelengthoftimethevirtualmachinewaspoweredoff.
AutoProtect Restrictions
TheAutoProtectfeaturehasthefollowingrestrictions:
BecauseAutoProtecttakessnapshotsonlywhileavirtualmachineispoweredon,
AutoProtectsnapshotscannotbecloned.Youcancloneavirtualmachineonlyifit
ispoweredoff.
AutoProtectsnapshotsarenottakeninVMwarePlayer,evenifAutoProtectwas
enabledforthevirtualmachineinWorkstation.
AutoProtectsnapshotsarenottakenwhileyouareusingtheRecord/Replay
feature.
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