How to import snapshot in VMWare?

First, open VMWare Player. If you are using a Mac, press ⌘-Shift-G and click Connect to open the Connect to Server window. In the Connect to Server window, type the hostname or IP address of the physical machine that has the exported VMs and click Connect. If you are using a Windows computer, click Add Connection and enter the hostname or IP address of the physical machine that has the exported VMs.

How to import snapshots in VMware?

To import a snapshot in VMware, you need to convert the exported VMDK file to a VMware Virtual Machine (VM) file. You can do this by using the VMware Converter. Once the VMDK file is converted to a VMware VM file, it can be easily imported in VMware vCenter with the existing Windows machine or without using the VMware converter.

How to import snapshots in VMware vCenter?

This is the most common question we receive regarding VMware snapshots. It is very easy to do. To import VMware snapshot into VMware vCenter:

Import snapshots in VMware?

You can import VMware vSphere and VMware Horizon guest session snapshots in VMWare to recover a single guest or all guests at the same time. This is because the VMware tools have been updated to support importing VMware Horizon 6.0 guest session snapshots. This is possible right from the VMware vCenter Server. Use the Add from Local Storage option to import all the VMware Horizon virtual machine guest session snapshots in VMware vSphere. You can also import single VMware Horizon guest session snapshots in VMware vSphere.

How to import snapshots in VMware tool?

To take a snapshot in VMware tool, press the VMware logo over the virtual machine, select the machine and click on Snapshot option in the right-side menu. A snapshot will be created automatically. If you want to pause the virtual machine, you can click Pause button. If you want to resume the stopped VM, click Start.