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The following steps should guide you through the process of requesting a virtual machine snapshot using the either via https://vss-cli.eis.utoronto.ca or a local VSS CLI install

1. Run vss configure to configure your VSS credentials. If you have already done this, please go to next step.

2. Look for the virtual machine UUID Moref (identifier) to submit the snapshot request (Optional):

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   vss-cli compute vm ls --filter name torvalds uuid f name=Front moref name folder.path cpu_count memory_gb power_state ip_address ------- name--------------- ------------------------- ----------- ----------- ------------- 50125399-17eb-f466-cef3-61592022569a 1712Q-cocky_torvalds_2 50124670-bfd4-95bc-1d6e-ea3c20ab0bbb 1610Q-cocky_torvalds_15 ------------ vm-2183 2004T-Frontend2 VSS > Development > Dev02 2 2 poweredOff vm-2185 2004T-Frontend3 VSS > Development > Dev03 1 1 poweredOn

   
   

3. Use the vss-cli compute vm set <uuid><name-or-vm-id> snapshot command to submit a snapshot request as follows:

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   vss-cli compute vm set --wait {VmNamename-or-vm-Uuidid} snapshot --action mk \ --description "Before difficult upgrade" --timestamp "20182020-0204-1927 0916:0053" --lifetime 72

   
   

4. Once the request is submitted, you can follow up the request status with the vss-cli request snapshot command:

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   vss-cli request snapshot ls --sort created_on,desc id created_on updated_on status status vm_moref vm_name action snapshot.from_date vmsnapshot.to_uuiddate ---- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------- ---------- --------------- -------- --------------------------- --------------------------- 103 10 20182020-0204-0927 Mon 1016:0953:3234 ESTEDT 20182020-0204-0928 Tue 1016:09:32 EST Submitted 52:00 EDT PROCESSED vm-2183 2004T-Frontend2 DONE 1610Q-cocky_torvalds_15 501246702020-bfd4-95bc-1d6e-ea3c20ab0bbb04-27 Mon 16:53:00 EDT 2020-04-28 Tue 16:53:00 EDT

   
   

5. You will get a confirmation email for the request submission, when the snapshot has been created and deleted.
6. For more information about how to Revert or Delete a Snapshot using the CLI, please refer to the CLI documentation here.