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qm snapshot — Create virtual machine snapshots. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#cli_

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Problem

How to use the qm snapshot command: Create virtual machine snapshots. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#cli_qm_snapshot>.

Solution

qm snapshot — Create virtual machine snapshots. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#cli_qm_snapshot>.

Create a snapshot of a specific virtual machine (name must start with a letter):

qm {{[sn|snapshot]}} {{vm_id}} {{snapshot_name}}

Create a snapshot with a specific description:

qm {{[sn|snapshot]}} {{vm_id}} {{snapshot_name}} --description {{description}}

Create a snapshot including the vmstate:

qm {{[sn|snapshot]}} {{vm_id}} {{snapshot_name}} --description {{description}} --vmstate 1

List snapshots of a VM:

qm {{[lists|listsnapshot]}} {{100}}

Rollback the state of a specific VM to a specified snapshot:

qm {{[ro|rollback]}} {{vm_id}} {{snap_name}}

Code Snippets

Create a snapshot of a specific virtual machine (name must start with a letter)

qm {{[sn|snapshot]}} {{vm_id}} {{snapshot_name}}

Create a snapshot with a specific description

qm {{[sn|snapshot]}} {{vm_id}} {{snapshot_name}} --description {{description}}

Create a snapshot including the vmstate

qm {{[sn|snapshot]}} {{vm_id}} {{snapshot_name}} --description {{description}} --vmstate 1

List snapshots of a VM

qm {{[lists|listsnapshot]}} {{100}}

Rollback the state of a specific VM to a specified snapshot

qm {{[ro|rollback]}} {{vm_id}} {{snap_name}}

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