Add a new hard disk to your VM Fusion.
Open up the VMX File in your editor.
Search for your workdisk
scsi0:1.fileName = "YOUROWKDISK-000001.vmdk"
Add in the following lines
scsi0:1.mode = "independent-persistent"
snapshot.disabled = "TRUE"
snapshot.action = "keep"
To take snapshot. Shut down the VM.
Then take the snapshot