A snapshot is an on-demand recovery point captured from a running Cloud VM. Each snapshot includes the root disk and, optionally, attached data volumes. Snapshots are kept as a Recovery Point that you can restore in place, use to create a new VM, or roll back disk-by-disk.
Snapshots and automated backups share the same restore flow. Use snapshots when you want a recovery point at a specific moment — before a deploy, OS upgrade, or risky migration. Use backups for continuous, schedule-driven protection.
Every snapshot captures the root disk by default. You choose how much else to include via Capture Mode:
Restoring a snapshot set automatically reattaches captured data volumes to the target VM. Mount instructions for each data volume are surfaced in the Details drawer.
When you click Restore on a snapshot recovery point, the same three modes are offered as backup restore:
See Restore a snapshot for full steps.
For routine, ongoing protection, prefer scheduled automated backups.
Two surfaces in the IBEE Cloud portal manage snapshots:
The project-level page is the aggregate view. It lists every snapshot with:
A Take Snapshot button on the Tools page opens a simpler dialog:
test · 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 50 GB disk · running).sync inside the server to flush pending writes before taking the snapshot.Use the project-level dialog for ad-hoc, single-volume snapshots. Use the per-VM Snapshots tab when you need Capture Mode or guided restore options.
See Create a snapshot for the full flow.
Each row shows:
srp-20260509T162709Z).Root + 1 data disk, 2 disk(s), …).Most production VMs use both: scheduled backups as the safety net, manual snapshots before risky changes.