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[WIP] Add workflow for volume level snapshots in Cloudstack
docs: Add volume-level snapshot workflow walkthrough
Mar 9, 2026
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CloudStack's volume snapshot orchestration spans many layers and classes with non-obvious branching — this adds a single reference document that traces the full path from API call to storage execution.
What's added
docs/volume-snapshot-workflow.md— 11-step sequential walkthrough of the snapshot lifecycle:CreateSnapshotCmdtwo-phase async create/execute;allocSnapshot()sets up DB record and resource limitstakeSnapshotInternal()resolves policies, zones, pool IDs; branches on VM attachment — attached volumes serialize throughVmWorkTakeVolumeSnapshotjob queue, detached volumes execute directlyorchestrateTakeVolumeSnapshot()buildsCreateSnapshotPayload; special-cases live encrypted volumes on StorPool primary storageSnapshotManagerImplqueriesStorageStrategyFactory— priority-ordered acrossStorPoolSnapshotStrategy,StorageSystemSnapshotStrategy,DefaultSnapshotStrategy, Ceph, ScaleIOSnapshotServiceImpldrives asyncPrimaryDataStoreDriver.takeSnapshot()viaAsyncCallFuture; handles volume state transitionssnapshot_detailscleanupOnSnapshotBackupFailure(); StorPool exports persisted underSP_RECOVERED_SNAPSHOTfor cleanup recoveryAlso includes a text-form sequence diagram, class/role reference table, and key configuration parameters.
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