Volume snapshots

A Volume snapshot is a snapshot of the disk’s state at the moment, a copy of its file system.

You can use a volume snapshot to:

  • clone a volume - so you can create a new volume from a snapshot;

  • clone the virtual server - create a new virtual server from the created new volume;

  • change the volume type - save the volume’s state using a snapshot and create the same volume but in a different type.

A volume snapshot is not a virtual server’s volume backup - it is stored on the same hardware and requires the main storage to be able to perform any operation. If you want to set up a backup of a system or secondary volume, use automatic backup in the volume settings.

Create volume snapshot

  1. In the Control Panel go to the “Cloud” / “Volumes” section.

  2. Select the required disk and click “More”.

  3. Next, go to the Snapshots tab.

  4. Click the “Create snapshot” button.

  5. Enter a name for the snapshot in the field that appears.

  6. Click the “Create snapshot” button.

  7. A message will appear in the lower left corner “Snapshot has been created!” as well as an information about the date and time of creation, the name of the snapshot, the size of the snapshot and the button to delete the snapshot.

Restore data from a snapshot

  1. In the Control Panel go to the “Cloud” / “Volume snapshots” section.

  2. Select the required disk, click the down arrow button and select “Create volume” from the drop-down list or click “More” for detailed information about the snapshot and then “Create volume”.

  3. Create volume from snapshot page opens.

  4. Specify a name for the new volume.

  5. Choose one of five volume’s types.

  6. To create backup copies of a new volume activate the automatic volume backup service and set up a schedule. The service is provided for free, but there is a fee for data storage. Specify the days of the week when you want to create a volume backup at, the required time to create a backup and the number of copies.

  7. Click “Create volume” to complete.

  8. Go to the Control Panel in the “Cloud” / “Volumes” section and wait for the changing of volume status from CREATING to AVAILABLE. The volume was created as an additional volume but it might also be used as a system volume to create a virtual server.

Delete snapshot

  1. In the Control Panel go to the “Cloud” / “Volume snapshots” section.

  2. Select the required volume, click the down arrow button and select “Delete” from the drop-down list or click “More” for detailed information about the snapshot, and then “Delete”.