Support #439
Updated by Daniel Curtis over 9 years ago
While managing a small NodeJS instance, I decided to upgrade to the newest development branch of the software I am using. Since I am using VirtualBox, I chose take advantage of the snapshot capability; by taking a preliminary snapshot and then upgrading, I can then revert to that snapshot if the upgrade fails. It's the perfect server undo button. * If you are going for VirtualBox you can take the snapshot from the graphical user interface or from the command line: <pre> VBoxManage snapshot "examplevm" take "prebackup" --live </pre> NOTE: The above command will take a live snapshot of the virtual machine, without interrupting any functions the VM is providing. The --pause command can be used to pause the VM while snapshotting. * After the snapshot creation is completed, you can power off the machine and restore it: <pre> VBoxManage snapshot "examplevm" restorecurrent </pre> h2. Resources * https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html