You can create the snapshot of the System Manager virtual machine by using vSphere Web Client.
Important:
Do not perform any activity on System Manager until the snapshot is created.
When you are upgrading VMware-based System Manager, remove all the snapshots from the older system before the upgrade. Otherwise, the rollback operation will fail.
Before you begin
In the Geographic Redundancy setup, do the following:
Disable the Geographic Redundancy replication on the primary System Manager server.
Shut down the System Manager server.
Procedure
From the list of virtual machines, right-click the required System Manager virtual machine, and click Snapshot.
On the Take Virtual Machine Snapshot dialog box, do the following:
In the Name and Description fields, type a name and the description for the snapshot.
Ensure that the following check boxes are cleared:
Snapshot the virtual machine’s memory
Quiesce guest file system (Needs VMware Tools installed)
Click OK.
In the Recent Tasks window, do the following:
Verify Status of the Create virtual machine snapshot task.
