These steps can be followed to achive the solution
In the VMware Infrastructure Client (VI Client), you will notice a Scheduled Tasks button on the main toolbar click that one.
Click New to create a new scheduled task. This will bring up the Schedule a Task window now choose the Make a Snapshot of a virtual machine option, and click OK.
At this point a new window will come up where you will choose the VM guest that you want to make a snapshot of , click Next.
After clicking Next, you will be asked to provide a name for the snapshot and enter notes about the snapshot, and provide any options related to the snapshot .
After clicking Next, you will be asked to name the scheduled task, provide a description, then set the frequency for the task,you can set the scheduled task to just run once, only after startup, hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly. Click Next
Final verification of scheduled task screen will come up now click Finish and the task is created .


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