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38 changes: 22 additions & 16 deletions docs/volume/volume-snapshots.md
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Description: Take a snapshot for a volume from the Volume page.
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## Create Volume Snapshots
A volume snapshot represents a snapshot of a volume on a storage system. After creating a volume, you can create a volume snapshot and restore a volume to the snapshot's state. With volume snapshots, you can easily copy or restore a volume's configuration.

:::note
## Create volume snapshots

A recurring snapshot is currently not supported and is tracked via [harvester/harvester#572](https://github.com/harvester/harvester/issues/572)
You can create a volume snapshot from an existing volume by following these steps:

:::
1. Go to the **Volumes** page.
1. Choose the volume that you want to take a snapshot of and select **⋮ > Take Snapshot**.

![create-volume-snapshot-1](/img/v1.2/volume/create-volume-snapshot-1.png)
1. Enter a **Name** for the snapshot.

After creating a volume, you can create volume snapshots by following the steps below:
![create-volume-snapshot-2](/img/v1.2/volume/create-volume-snapshot-2.png)
1. Select **Create** to finish creating a new volume snapshot.

1. Click the `⋮` button and select the `Take Snapshot` option.
1. Configure the `Name` of the new image and click `Create`.
1. You can check the status of this operation and view all volume snapshots from the **Backup & Snapshot > Volume Snapshots** page. When the **State** becomes **Active**, the volume snapshot is ready to use.

![create-volume-snapshot-1](/img/v1.2/volume/create-volume-snapshot-1.png)
![create-volume-snapshot-2](/img/v1.2/volume/create-volume-snapshot-2.png)
:::note

A recurring snapshot is currently not supported and is tracked via [harvester/harvester#572](https://github.com/harvester/harvester/issues/572).

## Restore a New Volume using Volume Snapshot
:::

After creating a volume snapshot, you can restore a new volume using the volume snapshot by following the steps below:
## Restore a new volume from a volume snapshot

1. Go to the `Backup & Snapshot > Volume Snapshots` page or the `Snapshots` tab in each `Volumes` Detail page.
1. Click the `⋮` button and select the `Restore` option.
1. Specify the `Name` of the new Volume.
1. If the source volume is not an image volume, you can also select a different `StorageClass`.
1. Click `Create`.
You can restore a new volume from an existing volume snapshot by following these steps:

1. Go to the **Backup & Snapshot > Volume Snapshots** page or select a **Volume** from the **Volumes** page and go to the **Snapshots** tab.
1. Select **⋮ > Restore**.
![restore-volume-snapshot-1](/img/v1.2/volume/restore-volume-snapshot-1.png)
![restore-volume-snapshot-2](/img/v1.2/volume/restore-volume-snapshot-2.png)
1. Specify the **Name** of the new volume.
![restore-volume-snapshot-3](/img/v1.2/volume/restore-volume-snapshot-3.png)
1. If the source volume is not an image volume, you can select a different **StorageClass**. You can not change the **StorageClass** if the source volume is an image volume.
![restore-volume-snapshot-4](/img/v1.2/volume/restore-volume-snapshot-4.png)
1. Select **Create** to finish restoring a new volume.