Virtual Machine Name

Determines the hostname of the VM that you want to

perform a snapshot task

Snapshot Name

Defines the name of the snapshot that you want to perform a

snapshot task

Snapshot Description

Enables you to write a free text description about the

snapshot

Snapshot the virtual

machine’s memory

Determines whether to take a snapshot of the VM’s memory

Quiesce guest file system

(Needs VMware tools

installed)

Pause the running processes on the VM so that file system

contents are in a known consistent state when the snapshot is

taken. This applies only to VMs that are powered on.