Option enable AutoProtect Snapshots in VMWare Workstation Pro missing

[groupIT]

Hello community,

I have the problem that the Option: Enable AutoProtect Snapshots is not displayed.

OS: Windows 10

Product: VMware® Workstation 15 Pro

Build: 15.0.2 build-10952284

I need this function, what do I have to do that under the advanced options this function gets displayed

[continuum]

Open Menu > VM > Snapshot > Snapshot Manager

Next screen : Find the AutoProtect ... Button and click it

Next screen : Enable AutoProtect

that should do the trick.

The Virtual Machine Settings - Option-tab apparently now hides Autoprotect until you actively enable it.

Good - I think that function should not be available via the GUI at all.

> I need this function

May I ask why you need this function ?

[groupIT]

Hello Continuum,

Iam Sorry but in the Snapshot Manager I cant activate this function, and also I cant see it.

>Good - I think that function should not be available via the GUI at all.

>May I ask why you need this function ?

Yes of course it was needet course on those Hosts we have severall SQL Developer working on. They make so much changes and with this funktion we can get one Version back in worst case.

[continuum]

That looks indeed different.

What about directly editing the vmx file ?

Does it work if you start WS as admin ?

[continuum]

Another option:

add the vmx-parameters manually

add this at the end of the vmx-file:

rollingTier0.uid = "1"
rollingTier0.interval = "86400"
rollingTier0.maximum = "1"
rollingTier0.live = "TRUE"
rollingTier0.clientFlags = "8"
rollingTier0.displayName = "AutoProtect Snapshot"
rollingTier1.uid = "2"
rollingTier1.interval = "604800"
rollingTier1.baseTier = "1"
rollingTier1.baseTierInterval = "7"
rollingTier1.maximum = "1"
rollingTier1.live = "TRUE"
rollingTier1.clientFlags = "8"
rollingTier1.displayName = "AutoProtect Snapshot"
rollingTier2.uid = "3"
rollingTier2.interval = "2419200"
rollingTier2.baseTier = "1"
rollingTier2.baseTierInterval = "28"
rollingTier2.maximum = "1"
rollingTier2.live = "TRUE"
rollingTier2.clientFlags = "8"
rollingTier2.displayName = "AutoProtect Snapshot"
snapshot.numRollingTiers = "3"