Citrix Systems 5.6 manual Snapshot Templates, Creating a template from a snapshot

1.Run the snapshot-listcommand to find the UUID of the snapshot or checkpoint that you want to revert to:

xe snapshot-list

2.Note the UUID of the snapshot, and then run the snapshot-uninstallcommand to remove it:

xe snapshot-uninstall snapshot-uuid=<snapshot-uuid>

3.This command alerts you to the VM and VDIs that will be deleted. Type yes to confirm.

For example:

xe snapshot-uninstall snapshot-uuid=1760561d-a5d1-5d5e-2be5-d0dd99a3b1ef The following items are about to be destroyed

VM : 1760561d-a5d1-5d5e-2be5-d0dd99a3b1ef (Snapshot with memory)

VDI: 11a4aa81-3c6b-4f7d-805a-b6ea02947582 (0)

VDI: 43c33fe7-a768-4612-bf8c-c385e2c657ed (1)

VDI: 4c33c84a-a874-42db-85b5-5e29174fa9b2 (Suspend image) Type 'yes' to continue

yes

All objects destroyed

If you only want to remove the metadata of a checkpoint or snapshot, run the following command:

xe snapshot-destroy snapshot-uuid=<snapshot-uuid>

For example:

xe snapshot-destroy snapshot-uuid=d7eefb03-39bc-80f8-8d73-2ca1bab7dcff

Snapshot Templates

Creating a template from a snapshot

You can create a VM template from a snapshot, however its memory state will be removed. To do this:

1.Use the commandsnapshot-copyand specify a new-name-labelfor the template:

xe snapshot-copy new-name-label=<vm-template-name>\ snapshot-uuid=<uuid of the snapshot>

For example:

xe snapshot-copy new-name-label=example_template_1 snapshot-uuid=b3c0f369-59a1-dd16-ecd4-a1211df29886

Note:

This creates a template object in the SAME pool. This template exists in the XenServer database for the current pool only.

2.To verify that the template has been created, run the command template-list:

xe template-list

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