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<h1>Snapshot XML format</h1>
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<h2><a name="SnapshotAttributes">Snapshot XML</a></h2>
<p>
Attributes of libvirt snapshots are stored as child elements of
the <code>domainsnapshot</code> element. At snapshot creation
time, only the <code>name</code> and <code>description</code>
elements are settable; the rest of the fields are informational
(and readonly) and will be filled in by libvirt when the
snapshot is created.
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The top-level <code>domainsnapshot</code> element may contain
the following elements:
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<dt><code>name</code></dt>
<dd>The name for this snapshot. If the name is specified when
initially creating the snapshot, then the snapshot will have
that particular name. If the name is omitted when initially
creating the snapshot, then libvirt will make up a name for the snapshot.
</dd>
<dt><code>description</code></dt>
<dd>A human-readable description of the snapshot. If the
description is omitted when initially creating the snapshot,
then this field will be empty.
</dd>
<dt><code>creationTime</code></dt>
<dd>The time this snapshot was created. The time is specified
in seconds since the Epoch, UTC (i.e. Unix time). Readonly.
</dd>
<dt><code>state</code></dt>
<dd>The state of the domain at the time this snapshot was
taken. When the domain is reverted to this snapshot, the domain's state
will be set to whatever is in this field. Readonly.
</dd>
<dt><code>parent</code></dt>
<dd>The parent of this snapshot. This element contains exactly
one child element, name. This specifies the name of the parent
snapshot of this snapshot, and is used to represent trees of
snapshots. Readonly.
</dd>
<dt><code>domain</code></dt>
<dd>The domain that this snapshot was taken against. This
element contains exactly one child element, uuid. This
specifies the uuid of the domain that this snapshot was taken
against. Readonly.
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<h2><a name="example">Example</a></h2>
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<domainsnapshot>
<name>os-updates</name>
<description>Snapshot of OS install and updates</description>
<state>running</state>
<creationTime>1270477159</creationTime>
<parent>
<name>bare-os-install</name>
</parent>
<domain>
<uuid>93a5c045-6457-2c09-e56c-927cdf34e178</uuid>
</domain>
</domainsnapshot></pre>
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