How to take and manage snapshots in Linux virtual machines

After installing a Linux virtual machine on vm, it is inevitable to operate the virtual machine, such as compiling the Linux kernel, etc. If you make a mistake in one step, everything will be lost. If you save each step as a snapshot, you can go back to the previous step without having to start over. How do you save the snapshot? Let’s take a look at the detailed tutorial below.

1. Open VMware software

2. If you already have a Linux virtual machine, you can open it directly. If not, you need to install it. The editor already has a virtual machine, so just open it. Open the virtual machine--Go to all folders of the virtual machine and select the virtual machine

3. Turn on the virtual machine, that is, start the virtual machine

4, Take a snapshot.

Operation steps: Virtual machine--Snapshot--Take snapshot. In the pop-up dialog box, edit the snapshot information for easy viewing later. After editing, just click to take a snapshot

5. View the snapshot. Operation steps: Virtual machine--Snapshot--Snapshot manager,View all saved snapshots in the pop-up dialog box

6. Jump to snapshot. In the previous step, you can see the current location of the virtual machine. If you need to jump to another branch, directly select the location you want to jump to, and then click Go to

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