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Snapshot

Snapshots protect a Node's data by capturing its contents at a specific point in time. Snapshots greatly simplify and increase the performance of backup and recovery operations. As of now, E2E Networks provides the Snapshot feature only for C3/M3/SDC3/E1/WSDC4 type VMs.

How to Create Snapshot​

There are three ways to create a snapshot:

  • Using the Actions button
  • Using the Snapshot Now option on the Node details page
  • Using the Schedule Snapshot option on the Node details page

Create Snapshot from the Actions Button​

Click on the Actions button and select Create Snapshot.

Create Snapshot

From the list of volumes attached to the node, pick the ones to snapshot along with the node root disk, then click Create Snapshot.

Create Snapshot button

The newly created snapshot will be displayed in the snapshot list.

Snapshot In Progress

Create Snapshot from the Node details page​

  • Click on the node for which you want to take snapshot.

  • Go to the Snapshots section

  • Click on Snapshot Now.

Snapshot Now

Once you click Snapshot Now, a pop-up will appear. Choose the volumes attached to the node that you want to snapshot along with the root disk, and then click Create Snapshot.

Create Snapshot Pop-up

You can view the created snapshot in the list, as shown below.

Snapshot List

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Snapshot billing operates on an incremental charging model, meaning costs are applied only to the amount of data that has been incrementally added to the service since the previous successful snapshot. Therefore, if the size of the new snapshot is 0 GB, there will be no billed usage for that specific snapshot.

If the Size for snapshot is 0 GB, it means no incremental data has been added to the serive since the last snapshot. Hence this outcome results in no charge for that Snapshot.

Actions on Snapshot​

To perform an action on a snapshot, click the Action button next to it.

Snapshot Action

Save Image of Snapshot​

To save an image of a Virtual Node, click on the Save as Image under the action button.

Save as Image

Lock and Unlock the Snapshot​

You can lock and unlock the Snapshot by clicking on Lock & Unlock under the action button.

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Locking a snapshot prevents it from being deleted until the lock is removed

Lock Snapshot

Unlock Snapshot

You can delete the Snapshot by selecting Delete under the action section.

Delete Snapshot

When you click on Delete, a pop-up will show on the screen. Click on Delete, and the snapshot will be permanently deleted.

Delete Snapshot Pop-up

Schedule Snapshot​

You can schedule a snapshot for a node along with its attached volumes (volume selection is optional) by clicking Schedule Snapshot under snapshot tab in Node.

Schedule Snapshot

Select the required volume(s) and configure the snapshot settings. Once completed, click Save Changes to create the snapshot schedule.

Create Snapshot Interval​

Use this field to define how often the snapshot should be created. You can choose one of the following intervals:

  • Daily
    Schedule a snapshot to run every day.

  • Weekly
    Schedule a snapshot to run on a specific day of the week.

  • Monthly
    Schedule a snapshot to run on a specific date of the month.

Note

To schedule a snapshot on the last day of the month, select the Monthly interval and choose Last Day as the date.

Take Snapshot At​

Use this field to configure the time window during which the snapshot will be executed.

Available Timelines:

  • 12:00 AM – 01:00 AM
  • 08:00 AM – 09:00 AM
  • 06:00 PM – 07:00 PM

After selecting the snapshot interval and execution time, click Save Changes.

Once saved, the scheduled snapshot will appear in the snapshot schedule list.

Disable Scheduled Snapshot​

To disable an existing snapshot schedule:

  1. Click Edit Schedule Settings.
  2. Click the Disable button for the node or volume whose snapshot schedule you want to disable.

Snapshot Lifecycle​

Snapshot Lifecycle allows you to automatically delete snapshots created through scheduled snapshots.

You can configure the Snapshot Lifecycle by clicking Snapshot Lifecycle.

Snapshot Lifecycle

To disable a lifecycle rule, click the Disable button.

Lifecycle Tab

Delete Snapshot Interval​

Select the retention period after which snapshots will be automatically deleted. Available options include:

  • 1 Day
  • 3 Days
  • 7 Days
  • 15 Days
  • 1 Month
  • 3 Months
  • 6 Months
  • 1 Year