ix

ix snapshot

Manage VM snapshots

Usage: ix snapshot [OPTIONS] [VM] [COMMAND]

Manage VM snapshots.

Saved states of one machine. Take a recovery point before risky work, list what exists, restore into a new VM with ix new <snapshot-id>.

commands

• ix snapshot create Snapshot the current VM state
• ix snapshot ls List snapshots for a VM

arguments

• <VM> VM name. With no subcommand, create a snapshot for this VM

options

• --wait-durable <WAIT_DURABLE> Wait for the snapshot's disk to be confirmed replicated before returning, instead of returning as soon as it is captured default: false
• --message-format <MESSAGE_FORMAT> Error format one of: human, short, json default: human