Create and Restore VM Snapshot in VirtualBox on Ubuntu Linux

VM Snapshot a method to create a copy of Virtual Machine (VM) at specific point of time and in other words in we can say VM snapshot is used to preserve a particular state of a VM.

In this article we discuss how to create and restore VM snapshot in VirtualBox on Ubuntu Linux, I am assuming VirtualBox is already installed on Ubuntu Linux and couple of VM s are running on it.

Create VirtualBox VM Snapshot

Step:1  Start the VirtualBox

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Step:2 Select the virtual machine for snapshot and then click on ‘Snapshots‘ option,  in my case i am going to create a snapshot of CentOS 7 VM.

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Specify the Snapshot Name and Description and then Click on ‘OK

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Note : When we try to take snapshot of running VM then Virtualbox manager will put that VM in Paused state , so once the snapshot task is completed then we can move the VM’s state from Paused to Running.

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Restore VirtualBox VM from Snapshot

Step:1 Power off the Virtual Machine.

Step:2 Select the VM and Go to ‘Snapshots‘ option and then click on “Restore Snapshot option

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When we click on “Restore Snapshot” option , it will give us an option to create snapshot of current sate of the VM and if you don’t want the current state snapshot then untick the option ( Current state will be deleted permanently ).

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Click on “Restore” option to Restore the snapshot.

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Now Click on Start option to start the VM

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