Virtual Machine State - VMware 4817V62 - vSphere - PC Administration Manual

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Virtual Machine State

Virtual machine state privileges control the ability to take, delete, rename, and restore snapshots.
Table A-26. Virtual Machine State Privileges
Privilege Name
Create snapshot
Remove Snapshot
Rename Snapshot
Revert to snapshot
320
Description
Create a new snapshot from the virtual
machine's current state.
User interface element – virtual machine
context menu, toolbar button, Inventory >
Virtual Machine > Snapshot > Take Snapshot
Remove a snapshot from the snapshot history.
User interface element – virtual machine
context menu, toolbar button, Inventory menu
Rename this snapshot with either a new name
or a new description or both.
No user vSphere Client interface elements are
associated with this privilege.
Set the VM to the state it was in at a given
snapshot.
User interface element – virtual machine
context menu, toolbar button, Inventory >
Virtual Machine > Snapshot > Revert to
Snapshot, Virtual Machines tab
Pair with
Affects Object
HC and VC Datacenters,
Clusters,
Hosts,
Resource
pools, Virtual
machine
folders,
Virtual
machines
HC and VC Datacenters,
Clusters,
Hosts,
Resource
pools, Virtual
machine
folders,
Virtual
machines
HC and VC Datacenters,
Clusters,
Hosts,
Resource
pools, Virtual
machine
folders,
Virtual
machines
HC and VC Datacenters,
Clusters,
Hosts,
Resource
pools, Virtual
machine
folders,
Virtual
machines
Effective on
Object
Virtual machines
Virtual machines
Virtual machines
Virtual machines
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