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  <info>
    <revision pkgversion="3.14" date="2014-09-14" status="review"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.24.0" date="2017-05-02" status="review"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.27.4" date="2018-01-12" status="review"/>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#snapshots" group="#first" />

    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email>[email protected]</email>
      <years>2014</years>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Felipe Borges</name>
      <email>[email protected]</email>
      <years>2018</years>
    </credit>

    <desc>Save the state of a box for later use.</desc>

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  </info>

  <title>Create a snapshot</title>

  <p>If your virtual machine is operating perfectly in a desired configuration,
  you may want to save the setup before it breaks because of a software upgrade
  or configuration change. Taking a snapshot of the box preserves the current
  state so you can return to it as often as you want.</p>

  <p>Snapshots include the exact state of your virtual machine disk and they can
  also include the memory data for boxes which are running at the moment of the
  snapshot creation.</p>

  <steps>
    <item><p>Right-click on the box in the collection view and select
    <gui>Properties</gui>, or if the box is running, click the menu
    (<media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/open-menu-symbolic.svg"><span its:translate="yes">settings</span></media>)
    button in the header bar and select <gui>Properties</gui>.</p></item>
    <item><p>Click the <gui>Snapshots</gui> tab.</p></item>
    <item><p>Click <key>+</key> below the <gui>Snapshots</gui> list.</p></item>
  </steps>

  <p>A snapshot is saved reflecting the current state of your box. It appears
  in the list.</p>

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