LXC-SNAPSHOT(1)LXC-SNAPSHOT(1)NAMElxc-snapshot - Snapshot an existing container.
SYNOPSISlxc-snapshot-n, --name name [ -c, --comment file ]
lxc-snapshot-n, --name name -L, --list [ -C, --showcomments ]
lxc-snapshot-n, --name name -r, -restore snapshot-name [ newname ]
DESCRIPTIONlxc-snapshot creates, lists, and restores container snapshots.
Snapshots are stored as snapshotted containers under a private configu‐
ration path. For instance, if the container's configuration path is
/var/lib/lxc and the container is c1, then the first snapshot will be
stored as container snap0 under configuration path /var/lib/lxc‐
snaps/c1.
OPTIONS-c,--comment comment_file
Associate the comment in comment_file with the newly created
snapshot.
-L,--list
List existing snapshots.
-C,--showcomments
Show snapshot comments in the snapshots listings.
-r,--restore snapshot-name
Restore the named snapshot, meaning a full new container is cre‐
ated which is a copy of the snapshot.
newname
When restoring a snapshot, the last optional argument is the
name to use for the restored container. If no name is given,
then the original container will be destroyed and the restored
container will take its place. Note that deleting the original
snapshot is not possible in the case of aufs, overlayfs or zfs
backed snapshots.
COMMON OPTIONS
These options are common to most of lxc commands.
-?, -h, --help
Print a longer usage message than normal.
--usage
Give the usage message
-q, --quiet
mute on
-P, --lxcpath=PATH
Use an alternate container path. The default is /container.
-o, --logfile=FILE
Output to an alternate log FILE. The default is no log.
-l, --logpriority=LEVEL
Set log priority to LEVEL. The default log priority is ERROR.
Possible values are : FATAL, CRIT, WARN, ERROR, NOTICE, INFO,
DEBUG.
Note that this option is setting the priority of the events log
in the alternate log file. It do not have effect on the ERROR
events log on stderr.
-n, --name=NAME
Use container identifier NAME. The container identifier format
is an alphanumeric string.
SEE ALSOlxc(7), lxc-create(1), lxc-destroy(1), lxc-start(1), lxc-stop(1), lxc-
execute(1), lxc-console(1), lxc-monitor(1), lxc-wait(1), lxc-cgroup(1),
lxc-ls(1), lxc-info(1), lxc-freeze(1), lxc-unfreeze(1), lxc-attach(1),
lxc.conf(5)AUTHOR
Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com >
Thu Jul 3 13:01:56 PDT 2014 LXC-SNAPSHOT(1)