#Deploy Volume Snapshot Component

A volume snapshot is a point-in-time copy of a persistent volume. If the cluster uses persistent volumes that support snapshot functionality, the volume snapshot component must be available before users can create and restore volume snapshots.

In ACP 4.4 and later, you do not need to install the Snapshot Management cluster plugin for new clusters. ACP prepares the cluster-level snapshot component automatically when ACP Storage is available.

If the cluster already has an external Snapshot Controller or existing snapshot CRDs, ACP keeps the existing snapshot capability and does not replace it automatically.

If the cluster was installed with the legacy Snapshot Management cluster plugin, migrate it by following Migrate the Volume Snapshot Component from the Legacy Plugin.

Currently, the platform only supports creating volume snapshots for PVCs that are dynamically created using storage classes. You can create new PVC bindings based on these snapshots.

Tip: The access modes supported when creating PVCs from snapshots differ from those supported when creating PVCs using storage classes, which are indicated in bold in the table below.

#Next steps

After the snapshot component is available, users can create volume snapshots. For details, see Using Volume Snapshots.

If snapshot operations do not work after removing the legacy plugin, follow Migrate the Volume Snapshot Component from the Legacy Plugin.