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.
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:
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
