After creating the template try this API. http://localhost:8096/client/api?command=restoreVirtualMachine&virtualmachineid=<vm id>&templateid=<template id>
-Harikrishna On 02-Sep-2013, at 11:12 AM, Nitin Mehta <nitin.me...@citrix.com> wrote: > > 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" <msweet....@gmail.com> 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 < >> g.silves...@netsons.com> 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 >>> >
