diff --git a/rolling_snapshots.md b/rolling_snapshots.md index c9cab344c..68fdb6065 100644 --- a/rolling_snapshots.md +++ b/rolling_snapshots.md @@ -8,4 +8,10 @@ This feature is close to Backups, but it creates a snapshot when planned to do s [Read more about it](https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orchestra-4-2/#schedulerollingsnapshots). -> Advice: due to space usage, rolling snapshots should be avoided for large VMs on non-thin provisioned storages. \ No newline at end of file +> Advice: due to space usage, rolling snapshots should be avoided for large VMs on non-thin provisioned storages. + +Example: + +* schedule a nightly snapshot for a group of VM, let's say at 4:30 in the morning. With a max snapshot at 7, you'll have a week of revert possibility +* schedule a snapshot every week, but precisely Sunday at 11 PM, with 4 snapshots max. This will let you a month max of revert +* and so forth! \ No newline at end of file