In general, a snapshot is the representation (read-only copy) of a storage volume or a VM at a point in time.

Volume Snapshots:

The Details Pane: To view the details of a snapshot, select it in the left pane.

ID: A unique ID assigned by your service provider.

Name: A name assigned by your service provider, with the date and time of creation of the snapshot at the end.

Volume: The volume from which this snapshot was made.

State: Backed Up, In Progress, and so on.

Interval Type: This shows if the snapshot is a recurring snapshot.

Created: When this snapshot was created (time and date).

Account: The user who created this snapshot.

Domain: The domain assigned to this snapshot by your service provider.

The Gear Wheel Menu

In the snapshots tab, filter by volume, then select a snapshot and move your cursor over the gear wheel icon to see the actions that you can perform. You can create a volume or a template or both from this snapshot. You can also delete this snapshot.

Create Volume: Enter a unique name in the Name field. Select the check box to agree with the terms and conditions, and click OK.

Create Template: You can create a template from an existing snapshot. You can launch virtual machines based on this template.

Name: A unique name.

Display Text: A descriptive text.

OS Type: The Operating System type (CentOS, Debian, Fedora etc.)

Public: If you set this to Yes, other users will be able to view and use this template. If you set this value to No, only you can use this template.

Password Enabled: If you want this template to be password protected, set this to Yes.

Virtual Machine Snapshots:

The Details Pane: To view the details of a snapshot, select it in the left pane.

ID: A unique ID assigned by your service provider.

Name: A name assigned by your service provider, with the date and time of creation of the snapshot at the end.

Description: Description for the snapshot.

Parent Name: Name of the parent snapshot.

Current: Whether the snapshot is current or not.

Type: Either disk or disk and memory

Virtual Machine: The Virtual Machine that the snapshot belongs to.

State: State of the snapshot.

Created: When this snapshot was created (time and date).

The Gear Wheel Menu:

In the snapshots tab, filter by virtual machine, then select a snapshot and move your cursor over the gear wheel icon to see the actions that you can perform. You can revert VM to this snapshot. You can also delete this snapshot.

Revert VM to snapshot: Confirm your action by clicking Confirm.

Delete snapshot: Confirm your action by clicking Confirm.