[lxc-users] lxd: restore snapshot as a new container?

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

On 2016-01-25 22:19, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:

>>> Let's say I have a container named "container1" and make a snapshot
>>> called "test1":
>>> 
>>> # lxc snapshot container1 "test1"
>>> 
>>> 
>>> How would I restore it as a new container, called "container1-test"?
>> 
>> lxc copy container1/test1 container1-test1
> 
> If using a filesystem which allows snapshotting (btrfs) - will it copy
> container's directory (uses lots of space, takes long), or snapshot it
> (almost instant, uses almost no extra space)?

It seems to be doing a proper snapshot - good :)

Tomasz Chmielewski
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