Creates a snapshot of the disks for a virtual system.
This command creates a snapshot of the disk images for a virtual system, which can be later reverted to using the revert-snapshot command. The system must be specified with the --host
flag followed by a full hostname.
Each snapshot has a unique ID, set with the --id
flag - for example, something like before-upgrade. You must also supply the --percent
flag, followed by a number between 1 and 100. This determines what percentage of the host's disk space is used by the snapshot logical volumes. The size is a tradeoff between disk usage and the number of changes that the snapshot can store - setting the percent too low can result in a snapshot that eventually becomes unusable.
Example usage
cloudmin create-snapshot --host kvmsnap.home --percent 10 --id snaptest Creating snapshot for kvmsnap.home .. .. done
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Creates a snapshot of the disks for a virtual system. cloudmin create-snapshot --host hostname --id snapshot-id --percent N