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Abiquo 6.0 introduces a VMware Snapshot feature for VMs. This |
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new feature offers the VMware snapshot directly to the VM user, with easy-to-use buttons on the VM control panel. This feature enables users to easily create a single snapshot before they make changes to their VM, and revert, or delete the snapshot afterwards. This feature greatly simplifies the use of VM snapshots and will save time for your System administrators. This feature replaces the VM snapshot functionality that was part of the Abiquo Backup feature. |
Configure VM snapshots
The VMware snapshots feature has the following Abiquo properties, which you can set on the Abiquo API server. See Abiquo Configuration Propertiesconfiguration properties
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abiquo.snapshot.autodelete.polling.minutes |
Time to wait between each check for expired snapshots. |
abiquo.snapshot.autodelete.hours |
Time that a snapshot lives before it expires. |
abiquo.snapshot.autodelete.hours.limit |
Maximum snapshot lifetime that a privileged user can configure when they take a snapshot. |
To override the default values, you can also set these properties as Enterprise properties for a specific tenant. See Set Manage enterprise properties to store tenant details and metadata. credentials and properties
And a privileged user can override the properties for autodelete.hours when they create a snapshot.
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The VM snapshot feature has the following privileges.
Manage VM snapshots
View enterprise snapshots list
Manage snapshot autodelete
Manage snapshot autodelete expiry date
See Privileges for for details of the default user roles that the privileges are assigned to.
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After you deploy a VM, to take a snapshot, click the the camera button .
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Enter a a Name and and an optional optional Description. If the VM is powered on, you can store the memory as part of the snapshot. And you can also select the option to to Quiesce file system, which requires VMware tools on the VM.
You can set the checkbox to to Enable autodelete for for the snapshot if you have the privilege to to Manage snapshot autodelete. And you can set a date and time to automatically delete the snapshot if you have the privilege to Manage snapshot autodelete expiry date. The maximum snapshot lifetime is controlled by an Abiquo property or an enterprise property.
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After you create a snapshot, it will display on the the Snapshots tab of of the VM Details panel, and you can manage it from here. To Revert to snapshot, click the the camera back-arrow button button. To Delete snapshot, click the the camera x button button.
You can also take another snapshot, which will overwrite the existing snapshot because Abiquo only stores ONE snapshot at a time.
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When you revert a VM to the snapshot, you will overwrite the current state of the VM and it will be lost.
If you restore a VM when it is powered on, after the restore, the VM will be in a powered off state.
You can select the option to suspend (pause) the VM while reverting, and if the snapshot has the VM memory, it will revert to a paused state. If the VM doesn't have memory, it will always be powered off.
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To display snapshots on the dashboard, add the widget for Virtual machine snapshots.
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If the user has the privilege to View enterprise snapshots list, this widget will display all of the snapshots in the user's tenant.
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To go directly to a VM with a snapshot, double-click on the snapshot entry.
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