Creat snapshots
Restrictions
- When using an instance to create a snapshot, the instance must be powered on, and the instance state cannot be changed during the snapshot creation process.
- Only one snapshot is allowed to be created on a disk.
- Snapshots are deleted following the deletion of the created host or hard disk.
Steps
Creat a snapshot with an instance - Sign in to the console.
- On the left navigation bar, select "Product" - "Instances".
- Find the target instance and enter the instance details page.
- On the instance page, click tab "snapshots"
- Choose "resource", then enter a snapshot name, click "Take snapshot" to complete the creation. Creating snapshots with hard disks
- Sign in to the console.
- On the left navigation bar, select "Product" - "Block Storage".
- Find the target instance and enter the instance details page.
- Click "Create" in the Actions menu.
- Enter the snapshot name in the pop-up box and click "Submit" to complete the creation. There is another way to create a snapshot with a hard disk, it is the same to the steps to create a snapshot with an instance.
Manage snapshots
View Snapshot
- View the snapshots associated with this instance through the snapshots tab on the instance details page.
- Go to the left navigation bar and select "Product" - "Snapshots" to view the list of snapshots.
Rollback with snapshots
- With the above steps, select the target snapshot and operate "Rollback".
- In the pop-up box, click "Submit" to complete the rollback.
Create an image with a system disk snapshot
- Go through the steps above to view the snapshot, select the target system disk snapshot, and operate "Create Custom Image".
- Enter the custom image name and description in the pop-up dialog box, and click "Submit" to complete the creation.
Creating a hard disk with snapshots
- Sign in to the console.
- On the left navigation bar, select "Product" - "Block Storage".
- Click the "Add" button in the upper right corner.
- Complete the appropriate information on the creation page, and check the "size" option to create a snapshot.
- In the pop-up dialog box, select the target snapshot and click "Submit".
- Click "Submit" on the creation page to complete the drive creation.