
Workstation User’s Manual
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Snapshots in a Process Tree
Youcansaveanumberofsequencesasbranchesfromasinglebaseline,asFigure 9‐2
shows.Thisstrategyisoftenusedintestingsoftware.Youcantakeasnapshotbefore
installingdifferentversionsofaprogramtoensurethateachinstallationbeginsfrom
anidenticalbaseline.
Figure 9-2. Snapshots as Restoration Points in a Process Tree
AlthoughWorkstationsupportsmorethan100sn
apshotsfo
reachbranchinaprocess
tree,keepingmorethan99mightcausetheguestoperatingsystemtohaveproblems
booting.Deletesomesnapshotsormakeafullcloneofthevirtualmachine.
Snapshot Relationships
Therelationshipbetweensnapshotsislikeaparent‐childrelationship:
Inalinearprocess,eachsnapshothasoneparentandonechild,exceptforthelast
snapshot,whichhasnochildren.
Inaprocesstree,eachsnapshothasoneparent,butonesnapshotcanhavemore
thanonechild.Manysnapshotshavenochildren.
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