Revert a VM client from within the VM Client - is it possible?

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Published on 2012-10-18T10:56:10Z Indexed on 2012/10/18 11:02 UTC
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I am creating a test VM client for our QA department.

Once it's installed, my options will be:

Use a snapshot
Use non persistent disk on the hard disk.

For either options, I can give the role of QA_DEP the ability to log to vCenter and go back/power-off the client - so they can return to their clean machine.

My question: is it possible to have that ability without using vCenter?

What If I want that on a Client reboot - it will return to it's initial/clean state?

The clients are not gonna be heavy loaded.

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