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8.4 Snapshot for backup

You can create a Snapshot of the File System based on the time it was executed. You can recover files or all of them from the created Snapshot.

Snapshot #1

  1. Connect to the tested VM.

  2. Copy one file to the mounted file system.

    [opc@examplelinuxinstance ~]$ cd /mnt/FSS-Storage/
[opc@examplelinuxinstance FSS-Storage]$wget https://github.com/oracle/oci-cli/releases/download/v3.4.2/oci-cli-3.4.2-Oracle-Linux-7.9-Offline.zip
...

2022-01-14 06:04:59 (6.24 MB/s) - ‘oci-cli-3.4.2-Oracle-Linux-7.9-Offline.zip’ saved [42528311/42528311]

[opc@examplelinuxinstance FSS-Storage]$ ls -la
total 43025
drwxrwxrwx. 2 root root        3 Jan 14 06:04 .
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root       25 Jan 14 01:59 ..
drwxrwxrwx. 2 root root        0 Jan 14 06:05 .snapshot
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root       19 Jan 14 02:18 hello1.txt
-rw-rw-r--. 1 opc  opc        19 Jan 14 05:50 hello2.txt
-rw-rw-r--. 1 opc  opc  42528311 Jan 13 16:38 oci-cli-3.4.2-Oracle-Linux-7.9-Offline.zip

  3. Go to the OCI Console in the web browser and go to the detailed screen of the file system created earlier.

  4. Go to Resources > Snapshots in the lower left.

  5. Click Create Snapshot to create a Snapshot.

    image-20220114151435082

  6. Snapshot creation screen

    image-20220114151504371

  7. Confirm creation

    image-20220114151624241

  8. Check in Compute Instance

    Snapshots and files created in the .snapshot folder just below the mounted path are displayed.

    [opc@examplelinuxinstance FSS-Storage]$ ls -la .snapshot/
total 2
drwxrwxrwx. 3 root root 1 Jan 14 06:16 .
drwxrwxrwx. 2 root root 3 Jan 14 06:04 ..
drwxrwxrwx. 2 root root 3 Jan 14 06:04 Snapshot-20220114-0614-39
[opc@examplelinuxinstance FSS-Storage]$ ls -la .snapshot/Snapshot-20220114-0614-39/
total 43025
drwxrwxrwx. 2 root root        3 Jan 14 06:04 .
drwxrwxrwx. 3 root root        1 Jan 14 06:17 ..
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root       19 Jan 14 02:18 hello1.txt
-rw-rw-r--. 1 opc  opc        19 Jan 14 05:50 hello2.txt
-rw-rw-r--. 1 opc  opc  42528311 Jan 13 16:38 oci-cli-3.4.2-Oracle-Linux-7.9-Offline.zip

Snapshot #2

  1. Copy one more file to the mounted file system from the connected Compute Instance.

    [opc@examplelinuxinstance FSS-Storage]$ wget https://github.com/oracle/oci-cli/releases/download/v3.4.2/oci-cli-3.4.2-Oracle-Linux-8-Offline.zip
...
2022-01-14 06:18:36 (4.57 MB/s) - ‘oci-cli-3.4.2-Oracle-Linux-8-Offline.zip’ saved [42528311/42528311]

[opc@examplelinuxinstance FSS-Storage]$ ls -la
total 86033
drwxrwxrwx. 2 root root        4 Jan 14 06:18 .
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root       25 Jan 14 01:59 ..
drwxrwxrwx. 3 root root        1 Jan 14 06:18 .snapshot
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root       19 Jan 14 02:18 hello1.txt
-rw-rw-r--. 1 opc  opc        19 Jan 14 05:50 hello2.txt
-rw-rw-r--. 1 opc  opc  42528311 Jan 13 16:38 oci-cli-3.4.2-Oracle-Linux-7.9-Offline.zip
-rw-rw-r--. 1 opc  opc  42528311 Jan 13 16:39 oci-cli-3.4.2-Oracle-Linux-8-Offline.zip

  2. Go to the OCI Console in your web browser and create another snapshot.

  3. Confirm creation of the second snapshot

    image-20220114152039582

  4. Check on Compute Instance

    You can see the snapshots and files created in the .snapshot folder.

    [opc@examplelinuxinstance FSS-Storage]$ ls -la .snapshot/
total 2
drwxrwxrwx. 4 root root 2 Jan 14 06:21 .
drwxrwxrwx. 2 root root 4 Jan 14 06:18 ..
drwxrwxrwx. 2 root root 3 Jan 14 06:04 Snapshot-20220114-0614-39
drwxrwxrwx. 2 root root 4 Jan 14 06:18 Snapshot-20220114-0620-02
[opc@examplelinuxinstance FSS-Storage]$ ls -ls .snapshot/Snapshot-20220114-0614-39/
total 43024
    8 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root       19 Jan 14 02:18 hello1.txt
    8 -rw-rw-r--. 1 opc  opc        19 Jan 14 05:50 hello2.txt
43008 -rw-rw-r--. 1 opc  opc  42528311 Jan 13 16:38 oci-cli-3.4.2-Oracle-Linux-7.9-Offline.zip
[opc@examplelinuxinstance FSS-Storage]$ ls -ls .snapshot/Snapshot-20220114-0620-02/
total 86032
    8 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root       19 Jan 14 02:18 hello1.txt
    8 -rw-rw-r--. 1 opc  opc        19 Jan 14 05:50 hello2.txt
43008 -rw-rw-r--. 1 opc  opc  42528311 Jan 13 16:38 oci-cli-3.4.2-Oracle-Linux-7.9-Offline.zip
43008 -rw-rw-r--. 1 opc  opc  42528311 Jan 13 16:39 oci-cli-3.4.2-Oracle-Linux-8-Offline.zip

  5. Snapshots are read-only folders that can be recovered by making a full copy of the files in the Snapshot or a specific Snapshot.

    [opc@examplelinuxinstance FSS-Storage]$ cd .snapshot/Snapshot-20220114-0620-02/
[opc@examplelinuxinstance Snapshot-20220114-0620-02]$ ls -la
total 86033
drwxrwxrwx. 2 root root        4 Jan 14 06:18 .
drwxrwxrwx. 4 root root        2 Jan 14 06:22 ..
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root       19 Jan 14 02:18 hello1.txt
-rw-rw-r--. 1 opc  opc        19 Jan 14 05:50 hello2.txt
-rw-rw-r--. 1 opc  opc  42528311 Jan 13 16:38 oci-cli-3.4.2-Oracle-Linux-7.9-Offline.zip
-rw-rw-r--. 1 opc  opc  42528311 Jan 13 16:39 oci-cli-3.4.2-Oracle-Linux-8-Offline.zip
[opc@examplelinuxinstance Snapshot-20220114-0620-02]$ rm -rf oci-cli-3.4.2-Oracle-Linux-8-Offline.zip
rm: cannot remove ‘oci-cli-3.4.2-Oracle-Linux-8-Offline.zip’: Read-only file system


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Last updated on 14 Jan 2022