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14.11. Listing, Creating, Applying, and Deleting a Snapshot
Using different parameters from the
qemu-img snapshot command you can list, apply, create, or delete an existing snapshot (snapshot) of specified image (filename).
# qemu-img snapshot [ -l | -a snapshot | -c snapshot | -d snapshot ] filename
The accepted arguments are as follows:
-llists all snapshots associated with the specified disk image.- The apply option,
-a, reverts the disk image (filename) to the state of a previously saved snapshot. -ccreates a snapshot (snapshot) of an image (filename).-ddeletes the specified snapshot.

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