Checkpoints Snapshots

Migrating checkpoints may result in failures in such a way that an administrator may want to cancel the migration and rollback the checkpoints to their state before the migration started.

To answer this need, Fulfillment Provisioning provides snapshot management commands exposed via the checkpoint plugin for provadmin.
  • snapshot: Create a snapshot of existing checkpoints

    Parameter

    Description

    nodename

    The path to the Fulfillment Provisioning node.

    cpnodename

    The checkpoint node name.

    snapshotid

    The snapshot id to associate to the snapshot. If not specified, a default on is automatically computed.

  • rollback: Rollback checkpoints to their state using a precise snapshot id

    Parameter

    Description

    nodename

    The path to the Fulfillment Provisioning node.

    cpnodename

    The checkpoint node name.

    snapshotid

    Rollback to the state associated to this id.

  • listsnapshots: List the existing snapshots

    Parameter

    Description

    nodename

    The path to the Fulfillment Provisioning node.

    cpnodename

    The checkpoint node name.

  • removesnapshot: Remove a given snapshot

    Parameter

    Description

    nodename

    The path to the Fulfillment Provisioning node.

    cpnodename

    The checkpoint node name.

    snapshotid

    Remove the snapshot identified by this id.