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Description of problem:
Currently it is not possible query/see information about snapshots which were already created through command line
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
cockpit-machines-184.1-1.el8.noarch
How reproducible:
100%
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a snapshot through CLI with `virsh snapshot-create $domain --xmlfile snap1.xml`
2. Ensure information is present on the CLI with `virsh snapshot-list $domain` & `virsh snapshot-info $domain --snapshotname snapshot1`
3. Access the cockpit UI, select the VM where the snapshot was created, there's no tab to see snapshot information
Actual results:
There's no current way to see through cockpit UI information related to an existing snapshot
Expected results:
This information should be displayed in VM details
i.e., the following information could be shown, name, state and creation time, description would be nice too
[root@rhel8 ~]# virsh snapshot-list rhel8vm3
Name Creation Time State
------------------------------------------------------------
snapshot1 2019-02-06 15:44:40 -0300 shutoff
Thanks for filing this!
I think this is part of a bigger story for snapshots. Just being able to view the snapshots created via the CLI has little value, unless you can do something with them.
The core functionality for snapshots would be to create a snapshot, do some (potentially destructive) actions on the VM and have the ability to restore to the snapshotted state at a later point. This of course includes listing them with timestamps etc. so you can identify what one you want to restore to, in case you made several.
I'm happy to work on user story and a design for this.
I agree Andreas, the BZ requesting snap creation is https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1668870, although the idea here is, since we still support virt-manager and the CLI, users would be able to create internal/external snapshots from any of those sources and won't tell if the VM has snapshots through cockpit, so, in the meantime while we get snap creation support on cockpit I think it would be good to be able to see this information.
If BZ 1668870 lands on GA, then I think there's no point in having this one since it will be included in that other one.
This was introduced upstream by:
commit 63a6c4d9e2f07b65fa1e4ad1436737043a393205
Author: Simon Kobyda <skobyda>
Date: Mon Nov 4 14:16:17 2019 +0100
machines: Introduce VM snapshots into UI
Comment 14Red Hat Bugzilla
2023-09-18 00:15:28 UTC
The needinfo request[s] on this closed bug have been removed as they have been unresolved for 120 days