Cisco Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.3.1 User Guide
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Managing Servers, Virtual Machines, and Virtual Data Centers
Taking a Snapshot of a Virtual Machine
5.
Optional make modifications to the disk by clicking the disk icon next to Manage Disks.
6.
On the popup, click Add to add new disks, as well as change the name and disk size. (You can type in the size or
use the slider).
use the slider).
7.
Delete a disk as needed.
8.
Click OK to close the Manage Disks popup window.
9.
Back on the Modify Configuration form, click Submit Order.
Taking a Snapshot of a Virtual Machine
Create, name, and store an image of the state of a virtual machine.
1.
Choose My Cloud > My Servers.
2.
On the My Servers portal page, click the gear icon
⚙
next to a VM to display the popup panel.
3.
In the panel, click the Take Snapshot icon to open the Take Snapshot form.
Taking a Snapshot of an OpenStack Instance with Attached Volumes Support
The “Take Snapshot” function can only take a snapshot of the OpenStack instance. Any volumes that are attached to the
instance will not have a snapshot taken. If a snapshot of a Volume attached to this instance is required, you will need to
log in to your OpenStack dashboard and perform the operation there.
instance will not have a snapshot taken. If a snapshot of a Volume attached to this instance is required, you will need to
log in to your OpenStack dashboard and perform the operation there.
4.
In the Snapshot Name field, enter a unique name for the snapshot.
5.
Enter a Description of the snapshot.
6.
Click Submit Order.
Reverting a Virtual Machine Settings to Snapshot
Revert a virtual machine to a previous state using the snapshot of your choice.
1.
Choose My Cloud > My Servers.
2.
On the My Servers portal page, click the gear icon
⚙
next to a VM to display the popup panel.
3.
From the panel, click the Revert Snapshot icon to open the Revert to Snapshot form.
Reverting to a Snapshot of an OpenStack Instance with Attached Volumes Support
Any volumes that are presently attached to this OpenStack instance need to be detached before reverting. If you need
to re-attach a Volume to the new instance, you will need to log in to the OpenStack dashboard and perform the operation
there.
to re-attach a Volume to the new instance, you will need to log in to the OpenStack dashboard and perform the operation
there.
4.
From the Snapshot name drop-down list, choose the snapshot to which you want to revert the chosen virtual
machine.
machine.
5.
Check the Confirm This Action check box if you are sure that you want to revert the virtual machine to the snapshot,
then click Submit Order.
then click Submit Order.