Creating a Volume Snapshot Backup

Posted: March 26th, 2018

 

A volume snapshot is a full copy of a virtual machine's volume (with its data) at the time the snapshot was taken. The volume is the hard drive of a virtual machine. Volume Snapshots offer a lot of flexibility. They can be used for::

 

    > Horizontal scaling: Rapid deployment of multiple cloud servers based on existing "golden" volumes.

 

    > Full bare metal backup: A cloud server can be created from an existing volume snapshot in order to extract backed up data.

 

    > Volume parking: A snapshot can be created before deleting a cloud server to keep data without paying for a cloud server.

 

Prior to using this feature make sure it is available on your server: Live Cloning and Volume Snapshot availability

 

1) Log into your account and select your cloud server.

 

2) Go to the Volume Snapshot tab and click Create.

3) Give a name to your volume snapshot and click the checkmark icon.

4) The snapshot will be stored under the Volume Management tab (on the left under Cloud Servers).