October 2019
Intermediate to advanced
520 pages
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It is possible to snapshot a persistent disk and use this as part of a new instance creation even if they are still attached to a running instance. It is recommended to have a snapshot schedule to reduce data loss. Snapshots are also global resources, which means it would be accessible by any resource in the same project.
To create a snapshot from the console, we should browse to the hamburger menu and go to Compute Engine | Snapshots. Then, we must give our snapshot a name and select the source disk we wish to work with. Lastly, we can select the location we wish to store the snapshot, as shown in the following screenshot:

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