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Suspendingavirtualmachineletsyousavethecurrentstatesothatyoucancontinue
worklaterfromthesamestate.Takingasnapshotletsyoupreservethestateofthe
virtualmachinesoyoucanreturntothesamestaterepeatedly.Thischapterincludes
thefollowingtopics:
“UsingtheSuspendandResumeFeatures”onpage 201
“UsingSnapshots”onpage 203
Using the Suspend and Resume Features
Youcanusethesuspendandresumefeaturestosavethecurrentstateofavirtual
machine.Whenyouresume,anyapplicationsyouwererunningwhenyoususpended
thevirtualmachineareresumedintheirrunningstate,andthecontentisthesameas
whenyoususpendedthevirtualmachine.
Thespeedofthesu
spendandresumeopera
tionsdependsonhowmuchdatachanged
sincethevirtualmachinestarted.Ingeneral,thefirstsuspendoperationtakeslonger
thanlatersuspendoperations.
Whenyouresumeanddoadditionalworkinthevirtualmachine,youcannotreturnto
thestatethevirtualmachinewasinatthetimeyo
ususpended.Topreservethestateof
thevirtualmachinesothatyoucanreturntothesamestaterepeatedly,takeasnapshot,
asdescribedin“UsingSnapshots”onpage 203.
Use Hard Suspend or Soft Suspend
YoucanconfiguretheSuspendbuttonormenucommandtorunaVMwareToolsscript
intheguestoperatingsystem beforedoingthesuspendoperation.Thisconfiguration
iscalledasoftsuspend.
Preserving the State of a
Virtual Machine
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