Managing host snapshots

You can install the Snapshot Management plugin and create virtual machine snapshots from orcharhino to capture a point-in-time state before risky changes.

Installing the Snapshot Management plugin

You can install the Snapshot Management plugin on your orcharhino.

Procedure
  • Install the Snapshot Management plugin on your orcharhino Server:

    $ orcharhino-installer --enable-foreman-plugin-snapshot-management

Creating snapshots of a host

You can use the Snapshot Management plugin to create snapshots of hosts.

Keeping more than three snapshots per host slows down the creation and rollback process. Consider deleting older snapshots when creating new ones.

Prerequisites
Procedure
  1. In the orcharhino management UI, navigate to Hosts > All Hosts and select a host.

  2. In the Snapshots card, click Create Snapshot.

  3. Enter a Name.

  4. Optional: Enter a Description.

  5. Optional: In the Snapshot Mode field, select Memory if you want to include the RAM in your snapshot or Quiesce if you want to ensure the full state of the VM is written to disk before creating the snapshot.

  6. Click Submit to create a snapshot.

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