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Manage Snapshots in VMware Resource Pools

Administrators can give users permission to take snapshots of VMware virtual machines. They can also specify how many snapshots are allowed, and indicate whether to quiesce the file system.

To manage snapshots in resource pools

1. As administrator in Reservation Manager, under Administer Your Reservation Manager, click Manage your resource pools.

   The list of resource pools appears.

2. Click a resource pool.

   The Resource Pool Details pane opens to the Properties tab.

3. On the right side of the tab, perform the following actions:
   • Select Allow users to take a VM snapshot.
   • Select a number for Maximum number of snapshots.
   • (Optional) Select Quiesce file system (Requires VMware tools installed).

     This option lets VMware Tools quiesce the file system in the virtual machine that is powered on when the snapshot is taken. Quiescing brings the on-disk data of a computer into a state that is suitable for backups. This process may include such operations as flushing dirty buffers from the operating system in-memory cache to disk, or other high-level application-specific tasks.

The snapshot permission takes effect for new reservations using this resource pool.