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Overview — Snapshots

Snapshots capture the state of an Instance or Storage Disk at a specific point in time. You can use a snapshot to restore data, create a new Instance from a saved state, or create a Storage Disk from snapshot data.

Note: Snapshots are only available on General VPC. If you are using a Specific VPC, the Snapshots menu will not appear in the navigation bar.

Two Types of Snapshot​

TypeTargetTab
Instance snapshotCaptures the full state of an InstanceInstance snapshot
Storage snapshotCaptures the state of a Storage DiskStorage snapshot

Use Cases​

  • Point-in-time backup: save the Instance state before making significant changes (software updates, configuration changes).
  • Migrate an Instance to a new configuration: take a snapshot of the current Instance, then create a new Instance from that snapshot with different hardware specifications.
  • Create a Storage Disk from snapshot data: initialize a new disk with data from an existing snapshot.

Where to Create Snapshots​

Snapshots are not created directly from the Snapshots page. Snapshot creation is performed from the detail page of the relevant Instance or Storage Disk. The Snapshots page is used to view and manage snapshots that have already been created.