This guide describe how to take a snapshot for a storage. You can create snapshot a storage even while they are attached to running instances.
Before doing a snapshot for Storage, you must first have a Storage. If you don't have a Storage yet, you can create a Storage in Create Block Storage
Go to Snapshot page. Under the Take a snapshot for instance form, there is a Take a snapshot for storage form.
Fill in the form Take a Snapshot for Storage.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
Billing Type | Billing type option is Fixed or trial |
Choose A Storage | Choose storage that you want to take snapshot, for example storage-windows-test |
Enter Snapshot Name | Enter the name of the snapshot, for example storage-win-snapshot |
After all the fields are filled, click the Take Snapshot button.
If it is successful there will be a notification "Snapshot win_snap_storage has been Successfully Created". A list of snapshots storage will appear, namely:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
Name | Snapshot name |
Status | Snapshot state "active" or "Not Ready Yet" |
Storage Name | The name of storage being snapshot |
Size | Snapshot size |
Created Date | Snapshot creation time |
Action | Option for create or delete the snapshot |
