SmartGuard Settings

In the SmartGuard pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog, you can set up the automatic creation of snapshots. You can find detailed information on snapshots and how to work with them in the Working with snapshots section .

Note: You cannot create a snapshot manually or automatically or revert to a snapshot when your virtual machine is paused.

The SmartGuard functionality allows you to back up your virtual machine automatically.

To enable SmartGuard, select the Enabled option at the top of the SmartGuard pane.

If you want to know when it is time to make the next snapshot and to be able to reject the snapshot creation, enable the Notify me before snapshot creation option.

Setting Time Interval

Set how often snapshots should be made in the Interval for taking a new snapshot field. You can set from one hour to 48 hours.

If the time interval is less than 24 hours, SmartGuard will allow you to restore the latest hourly, daily and weekly snapshot. If the time interval is more than 24 hours, you will be able to restore the latest daily, weekly and monthly snapshot.

To manage the snapshots and restore any of them, use Virtual Machine Snapshots .

Restricting Snapshots Number

Use the Maximum number of snapshots to keep field to set the maximum number of snapshots that can be stored on the host computer. The maximum available value is 100 snapshots. As soon as Virtual Machine Snapshots reaches the limit for snapshots and needs to make a new one over the limit, it deletes the oldest snapshot.

When you finish, click OK to save the changes and quit the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog. If you do not want to save the changes, click Cancel .