NFS Snapshots
The Shared File Systems service provides a snapshot mechanism to help users restore data by running the manila snapshot-create command.
To export a snapshot, create a share from it, then mount the new share to an instance. Copy files from the attached share into the archive.
To import a snapshot, create a new share with appropriate size, attach it to instance, and then copy a file from the archive to the attached file system.
note
You cannot delete a share while it has saved dependent snapshots.
- Using CLI
- Using UI
Create shared Snapshot using CLI
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Important information: If you use the SSO user, you will need to use additional variables; if you use a local user, the commands are the same, without applying these variables.
export OS_PROJECT_ID="$(openstack token issue -c project_id -f value)"
echo $OS_PROJECT_ID
Then set the bypass URL (choose public or internal depending on where you run the CLI):
* Public
export OS_MANILA_BYPASS_URL="https://manila.api.eu-vlc.uniccloud.org:8786/v1/${OS_PROJECT_ID}"
* Private
export OS_MANILA_BYPASS_URL="https://manila-internal.api.eu-vlc.uniccloud.org:8786/v1/${OS_PROJECT_ID}"
- Select the share
openstack share list
+--------------------------------------+-------------------------+------+-------------+----------------+-----------+-----------------+------+-------------------+
| 037a0bf9-e2d0-4205-8475-720de1002fc6 | test-recovery-two-share | 5 | NFS | available | False | general | | nova |
+--------------------------------------+-------------------------+------+-------------+----------------+-----------+-----------------+------+-------------------+
- Create a new snapshot
manila snapshot-create 037a0bf9-e2d0-4205-8475-720de1002fc6 --name snapshot-recovery
manila CLI is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Use openstack CLI instead. The equivalent command is " openstack share snapshot create "
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Property | Value |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| id | 0ca60969-adc2-4ddd-bce9-a051c3a0464d |
| share_id | 037a0bf9-e2d0-4205-8475-720de1002fc6 |
| share_size | 5 |
| created_at | 2026-02-11T14:29:09.628532 |
| status | creating |
| name | snapshot-recovery |
| description | None |
| size | 5 |
| share_proto | NFS |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
- Create Share from Snapshot
openstack share create NFS 5 --share-type general --name Share-recuva --description "Share from a snapshot." --snapshot-id 0ca60969-adc2-4ddd-bce9-a051c3a0464d
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field | Value |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| id | b0386d31-6f0a-4ae1-b33f-4771e19f926d |
| size | 5 |
| availability_zone | nova |
| created_at | 2026-02-11T14:31:37.365081 |
| status | creating |
| name | Share-recuva |
| description | Share from a snapshot. |
| project_id | 244692efa9c44ceca00ca9ab7be6f8c2 |
| snapshot_id | 0ca60969-adc2-4ddd-bce9-a051c3a0464d |
| share_network_id | fc033ec1-966d-48a4-8d66-48f32d5832d7 |
| share_proto | NFS |
| metadata | {} |
| share_type | 6b5d9a1e-7ea7-43b7-b3f2-905f52e9b77f |
| volume_type | general |
| is_public | False |
| snapshot_support | True |
| task_state | None |
| share_type_name | general |
| access_rules_status | active |
| replication_type | None |
| has_replicas | False |
| user_id | c7f705789866dcdd367146d138f540654e2b6b42d5c9b67ee7c3b46f6cca5224 |
| create_share_from_snapshot_support | True |
| revert_to_snapshot_support | True |
| share_group_id | None |
| source_share_group_snapshot_member_id | None |
| mount_snapshot_support | False |
| progress | None |
| is_soft_deleted | False |
| scheduled_to_be_deleted_at | None |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
- Delete Snapshot
manila snapshot-delete 0ca60969-adc2-4ddd-bce9-a051c3a0464d
manila CLI is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Use openstack CLI instead. The equivalent command is " openstack share snapshot delete "
Next select Create share snapshot
