Snapshot the Opal Servers

Before starting the Opal servers it is very useful to take a snapshot. This enables you to roll-back the Opal servers to a pristine state, without needing to delete them and repeat the process above to re-import them.

To take a snapshot, first open VirtualBox and click on a server. Now click the button in the top right that says Snapshots , the camera icon (for VirtualBox 6, click on a server, click the three horizontal lines to open a menu and select 'Snapshots', then click the 'Take' button).

Remember you must repeat this for each Opal server

 Implications on shutting down VMs

If you have followed the above instructions to create a snapshot, it will mean you will have the option to save the machine state as you shut down.

For general users, who have made no changes to the VM, there is no need to do this so shut down without checking the box:

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However if you have made changes you don’t want to save, select  Power off the machine and check the box marked  Restore current snapshot .