Virsh snapshot-list

virsh snapshot-list domain [{--parent | --roots | --tree}] [{[--from] snapshot | --current} [--descendants]] [--metadata] [--no-metadata] [--leaves] [--no-leaves] [--inactive] [--active] [--disk-only] [--internal] [--external]

List snapshots for a domain, will list active, inactive and disk-only snapshots:

virsh snapshot-list VM_MACHINE_NAME 
 Name                 Creation Time             State
------------------------------------------------------------
 Snapshot_name           2019-01-27 11:47:48 +0400 shutoff

$ virsh snapshot-list VM_MACHINE_NAME
Name                 Creation Time             State
------------------------------------------------------------

MY_Snapshot_name            2018-04-29 15:53:07 +0530 running

virsh snapshot-list VM_MACHINE_NAME
Name                 Creation Time             State
------------------------------------------------------------

virsh snapshot-list VM_MACHINE_NAME --current
Name                 Creation Time             State
------------------------------------------------------------
error: Domain snapshot not found: the domain does not have a current snapshot
error: Domain snapshot not found: the domain does not have a current snapshot

Snapshot-list for all VMs:

for VM_NAME in `virsh list --name`; do virsh snapshot-list $VM_NAME; done

To filter by state when snapshot was taken use:

• virsh snapshot-list VM_MACHINE_NAME --active
• virsh snapshot-list VM_MACHINE_NAME --inactive
• virsh snapshot-list VM_MACHINE_NAME --disk-only

To filter by storage snapshot type use: --internal or --external (virsh snapshot-info can be also used)

• virsh snapshot-list VM_MACHINE_NAME --internal
• virsh snapshot-list VM_MACHINE_NAME --external

Related commands

• virsh dumpxml
• virsh list
• virsh snapshot-create-as
• virsh snapshot-info
• virsh snapshot-revert

See also

• virsh: Storage information, Connecting, Operations, Memory, Snapshots, Networking, CPU, release notes, virsh nodedev-list
• Virsh Snapshots: virsh snapshot-create-as, virsh snapshot-info, virsh snapshot-list, virsh blockjob, virsh snapshot-revert (Destructive action), virsh snapshot-delete
• Virsh/KVM virsh Snapshots: virsh snapshot-info
• virsh domblklist VM_NAME --details
• virsh dumpxml
• Create Live backups

https://linux.die.net/man/1/virsh