Rolling Back a Guest Image to a Previous Snapshot Image

The term used in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V to roll back an image is called applying a snapshot to an existing image. When an image is rolled back, the image that is currently running has the snapshot information applied to the image, thus bringing the image back to an earlier configuration state. To apply a snapshot, follow these steps:

1. From the Hyper-V Manager console, click the snapshot to which you want to revert the running guest image.

2. Right-click the snapshot image and choose Apply. The configuration state of the image will immediately be reverted to the state of the image when the snapshot was taken.

Note

By default, the name of the snapshot image takes on the date and time ...

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