Hi Ip, Which version of CloudStack are you using? I just did a check in 4.11.2 with KVM - and volume snapshots remain after deletion of the VM instance / volume, so it seems it already does what you want?
Regards, Dag Sonstebo Cloud Architect ShapeBlue On 01/02/2019, 03:15, "Cloud List" <cloud-l...@sg.or.id> wrote: Hi, I am using CloudStack with KVM hypervisor. I noted that a volume snapshot will be deleted when the volume (and instance using the volume) is deleted. Is it possible to keep the snapshot saved somewhere when the volume and instance are deleted? My goal is to have a backup copy of the data before an instance (and its volumes) is deleted, and keep it on the secondary storage (or another external storage if possible, but not the primary storage) for a certain period of time. So far the solution I can see would be: 1. To export the snapshot into another volume (which will take up space on the primary storage). 2. To save the snapshot as template (which is not practical especially for data-disk). Is there any other solution? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you. -ip- dag.sonst...@shapeblue.com www.shapeblue.com Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK @shapeblue