VMware snapshot tools are used to perform snapshots by simply locking the filesystem disk (vmdk) and creating a new VMware disk with the changes made alongside, so the procedure for virtual servers running under VMware looks like: vmdk + vmdk(1) + vmdk(#).
View List of VS Snapshots
- Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Virtual Servers menu.
- Click the label of the server you want to back up.
- Click the Actions button > point to Options > Snapshots.
- On the screen that appears, you'll see the list of all VS snapshots.
Create Snapshot for vCenter VS
- Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Virtual Servers menu.
- Click the label of the server you want to back up.
- Click the Actions button > point to Options > Snapshots.
- Click the Create New Snapshot button.
- Give your snapshot a name.
- Click Create Snapshot button.
To delete a VS snapshot, click the Actions button next to the required snapshot, then click Delete.