You can create template from this snapshot and then restore the vm from this new template id. Internally it will discard the old root volume and start the vm with a new disk from this new template I think this is possible in 4.2. Give it a shot and see how it goes :)
On 30/08/13 3:36 PM, "Marty Sweet" <[email protected]> wrote: >I am also interested in this, using snapshots as a 'last resort backup' or >a simple fallback is something that I think people would find very useful, >without having to remake VM instances. > >Marty > > >On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Gaspare A Silvestri < >[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello everybody, >> >> is it possible generating a new root volume from a snapshot created by >>the >> root volume, and then assigning it to the same VM as root disk, deleting >> the old one? >> >> What I'm trying to explain is a way to operate similar to the hypervisor >> snapshot, using the new volume (considered as a backup) as substitute of >> the old volume. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Gaspare >>
