Actually, it looks like you can revert a volume to a snapshot, if the underlying storage supports such an operation.
I hadn't been explicitly setting this "revertable" field and it appears to default to "false" and the GUI then doesn't show the button. On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:55 PM, Mike Tutkowski < mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Under the Storage tab in the GUI, we can take a snapshot of a volume > (assuming the underlying storage plug-in supports that operation). > > When I examine the options of the created snapshots, I see the snapshot > can be deleted (as you'd expect), but I don't see a "revert volume to > snapshot" option. > > Can someone tell me what the history is behind that? Is it intentional > that the only way a volume snapshot (really a backup) can be utilized is by > creating a template or a volume from it? > > Thanks! > > -- > *Mike Tutkowski* > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > o: 303.746.7302 > Advancing the way the world uses the cloud > <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>*™* > -- *Mike Tutkowski* *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com o: 303.746.7302 Advancing the way the world uses the cloud <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>*™*
