# vsphere\_guest: snapshots

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/vsphere-guest-snapshots/15424>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [June 7, 2014, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vsphere-guest-snapshots/15424 "2014-06-07T12:08:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Dann\_Bohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@Dann\_Bohn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dann_Bohn)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vsphere-guest-snapshots/15424/1 "2014-06-07T12:08:06Z")

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I did a small proof of concept this morning, and it doesn’t seem terribly hard to add the ability to take snapshots.

I’m not a python developer (yet), but I’m willing to take a stab at this if it’s something the project may deem useful, and no one else is working on it

Disclaimer: I’m new to ansible, and to contributing – Please let me know if this request is out of line.

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**Author:** ![James\_Cammarata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vsphere-guest-snapshots/15424/2 "2014-06-07T18:40:10Z")

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By all means, just send us a PR and we can answer any questions you might have.

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**Author:** ![Dann\_Bohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@Dann\_Bohn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dann_Bohn)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vsphere-guest-snapshots/15424/3 "2014-06-08T23:41:26Z")

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James,  
Thanks. I’ve submitted a pull request. [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/7690/](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/7690/)

Dann