diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/functions/TakeSnapshotIfNotAlreadyAttached.java b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/functions/TakeSnapshotIfNotAlreadyAttached.java
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+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.jclouds.virtualbox.functions;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import javax.annotation.Resource;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+
+import org.jclouds.compute.reference.ComputeServiceConstants;
+import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
+import org.virtualbox_4_1.IMachine;
+import org.virtualbox_4_1.IProgress;
+import org.virtualbox_4_1.ISession;
+import org.virtualbox_4_1.ISnapshot;
+import org.virtualbox_4_1.VirtualBoxManager;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andrea Turli
+ */
+public class TakeSnapshotIfNotAlreadyAttached implements Function<IMachine, ISnapshot> {
+
+   
+   @Resource
+   @Named(ComputeServiceConstants.COMPUTE_LOGGER)
+   protected Logger logger = Logger.NULL;
+   
+   private VirtualBoxManager manager;
+   private String snapshotName;
+   private String snapshotDesc;
+
+
+   public TakeSnapshotIfNotAlreadyAttached(VirtualBoxManager manager, String snapshotName, String snapshotDesc) {
+      this.manager = manager;
+      this.snapshotName = snapshotName;
+      this.snapshotDesc = snapshotDesc;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ISnapshot apply(@Nullable IMachine machine) {
+      // Snapshot a machine
+      ISession session = null;
+      if(machine.getCurrentSnapshot() == null ) {
+         try {
+            session = manager.openMachineSession(machine);
+            IProgress progress = session.getConsole().takeSnapshot(snapshotName, snapshotDesc);
+            if (progress.getCompleted())
+               logger.debug("Clone done with snapshot name: %s and descripton: %s", snapshotName, snapshotDesc);
+         } catch (Exception e) {
+            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
+            e.printStackTrace();
+         } finally {
+            session.unlockMachine();
+         }
+      }
+      return machine.getCurrentSnapshot();
+   }
+   
+
+}
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/functions/TakeSnapshotIfNotAlreadyAttachedTest.java b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/functions/TakeSnapshotIfNotAlreadyAttachedTest.java
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+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.jclouds.virtualbox.functions;
+
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expect;
+import static org.easymock.classextension.EasyMock.createMock;
+import static org.easymock.classextension.EasyMock.createNiceMock;
+import static org.easymock.classextension.EasyMock.replay;
+import static org.easymock.classextension.EasyMock.verify;
+
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+import org.virtualbox_4_1.IConsole;
+import org.virtualbox_4_1.IMachine;
+import org.virtualbox_4_1.IProgress;
+import org.virtualbox_4_1.ISession;
+import org.virtualbox_4_1.ISnapshot;
+import org.virtualbox_4_1.IVirtualBox;
+import org.virtualbox_4_1.VirtualBoxManager;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andrea Turli
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "TakeSnapshotIfNotAlreadyAttachedTest")
+public class TakeSnapshotIfNotAlreadyAttachedTest {
+
+   @Test
+   public void testTakeSnapshotIfNotAlreadyAttached() throws Exception {
+
+      String snapshotName = "snap";
+      String snapshotDesc = "snapDesc";
+
+      VirtualBoxManager manager = createNiceMock(VirtualBoxManager.class);
+      IMachine machine = createMock(IMachine.class);
+      IVirtualBox vBox = createMock(IVirtualBox.class);
+      ISession session = createMock(ISession.class);
+      IConsole console = createNiceMock(IConsole.class);
+      IProgress progress = createNiceMock(IProgress.class);
+      ISnapshot snapshot = createNiceMock(ISnapshot.class);
+      expect(machine.getCurrentSnapshot()).andReturn(snapshot).anyTimes();
+
+      expect(manager.openMachineSession(machine)).andReturn(session);
+
+      expect(session.getConsole()).andReturn(console);
+      expect(console.takeSnapshot(snapshotName, snapshotDesc)).andReturn(
+            progress);
+      expect(progress.getCompleted()).andReturn(true);
+
+      session.unlockMachine();
+      replay(manager, machine, vBox, session, console, progress);
+
+      new TakeSnapshotIfNotAlreadyAttached(manager, snapshotName, snapshotDesc)
+            .apply(machine);
+
+      verify(machine);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testDoNothingIfAlreadyTakenSnapshot() throws Exception {
+      String snapshotName = "snap";
+      String snapshotDesc = "snapDesc";
+
+      VirtualBoxManager manager = createNiceMock(VirtualBoxManager.class);
+      IMachine machine = createMock(IMachine.class);
+      IVirtualBox vBox = createMock(IVirtualBox.class);
+      ISession session = createMock(ISession.class);
+      IConsole console = createNiceMock(IConsole.class);
+
+      IProgress progress = createNiceMock(IProgress.class);
+      expect(progress.getCompleted()).andReturn(true);
+      expect(machine.getCurrentSnapshot()).andReturn(null).anyTimes();
+      expect(manager.openMachineSession(machine)).andReturn(session);
+
+      expect(session.getConsole()).andReturn(console);
+      expect(console.takeSnapshot(snapshotName, snapshotDesc)).andReturn(
+            progress);
+
+      session.unlockMachine();
+      replay(manager, machine, vBox, session, console, progress);
+
+      new TakeSnapshotIfNotAlreadyAttached(manager, snapshotName, snapshotDesc)
+            .apply(machine);
+
+      verify(machine);
+
+   }
+
+}