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Volume backup and revert
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With Qubes, it is possible to revert one of a VM’s storage volumes to a
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previous state using the automatic snapshot that is normally saved every
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time a VM is shutdown. (Note that this is a different, lower level
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activity than the :doc:`Backup, Restoration, and Migration </user/how-to-guides/how-to-back-up-restore-and-migrate>` process.)
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In Qubes, when you create a new VM, it’s volumes are stored in one of
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the system’s :doc:`Storage Pools </user/advanced-topics/secondary-storage>`. On pool creation,
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a revisions_to_keep default value is set for the entire pool. (For a
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pool creation example, see :doc:`Storing app qubes on Secondary Drives </user/advanced-topics/secondary-storage>`.) Thereafter, each volume associated
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with a VM that is stored in this pool inherits the pool default
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revisions_to_keep.
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For the private volume associated with a VM named vmname, you may
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inspect the value of revisions_to_keep from the dom0 CLI as follows:
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.. code:: bash
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qvm-volume info vmname:private
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The output of the above command will also display the “Available
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revisions (for revert)” at the bottom. For a very large volume in a
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small pool, revisions_to_keep should probably be set to the minimum
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value of 1 to minimize the possibility of the pool being accidentally
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filled up by snapshots. For a smaller volume for which you would like to
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have the future option of reverting, revisions_to_keep should probably
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be set to at least 2. To set revisions_to_keep for this same VM / volume
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example:
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.. code:: bash
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qvm-volume config vmname:private revisions_to_keep 2
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With the VM stopped, you may revert to an older snapshot of the private
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volume from the above list of “Available revisions (for revert)”, where
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the last item on the list with the largest integer is the most recent
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snapshot:
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.. code:: bash
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qvm-volume revert vmname:private <revision>
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