I recently created a new CentOS 5 vmware image. Unfortunately the “Take Snapshot” button was disabled while the system was running. After searching around I found this post.
What you need to do is open up your vmx file and comment out (disable) the following line:
scsi0:0.mode = "independent-persistent"
Others have also reported finding the following line in their vmx file:
fixing the disabled snapshot button in vmware fusion
I recently created a new CentOS 5 vmware image. Unfortunately the “Take Snapshot” button was disabled while the system was running. After searching around I found this post.
What you need to do is open up your
vmxfile and comment out (disable) the following line:scsi0:0.mode = "independent-persistent"Others have also reported finding the following line in their
vmxfile:snapshot.disabled = "TRUE"