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# sk92261 - Snapshot location on Gaia and SecurePlatform

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk92261 |
| Date Created | 2013-02-06 |
| Last Modified | 2021-06-19 |
| Technical Level | General |
| Products | Security Gateway, Security Management Server |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20, R82.10, R82, R81.20, R82.20 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Solution

### Snapshot location

|----------------------------|----------|------------------------------|
|                            | **Gaia** | **SecurePlatform**           |
| **Check Point Appliances** | LVM      | LVM                          |
| **Open Servers**           | LVM      | */var/CPsnapshot/snapshots/* |

Note: In Check Point appliances, in case a snapshot is exported, the tar file is saved in */var/log/download* directory.

* **Gaia** and**Check Point Appliances running SecurePlatform** store all snapshots as Logical Volume Management (LVM) volumes.  

  **Note:** On Gaia OS, snapshots are not files, but disk volumes that are stored as a disk partition, therefore the directory name is not relevant here. It is possible to view list of virtual drives by running the "*lvs* " command (in the Expert mode).  

* **Open Servers running SecurePlatform** do not use LVM system. System snapshots on these servers are compressed files that contain system configuration files and parameters. They are stored in */var/CPsnapshot/snapshots/* directory.  

  Every snapshot is an archived *.tar* file, which name has this pattern:   
  *snapshot_\<creation date\>_\<creation time\>.tgz*

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Logs generated during the snapshot creation are stored at */var/CPsnapshot/log/snapshots/* directory.

### Snapshot download from the Logical Volume Management (LVM)

In Gaia, snapshot can be downloaded with from Web UI or Clish.

**In Clish**:

* Export existing snapshot:   

  *\> set snapshot export \<snapshot_name\> path \<path_to_store\>*
* Export and rename snapshot:   

  # *set snapshot export \<snapshot_name\> path \<path_to_store\> name \<exported_name\>*

After this you can copy the *.tar* file from the machine.  

**In Web UI:**

1. In the Navigation tree on the left, go to **Snapshot Management**.
2. Select the snapshot.
3. Click **Export**.
4. Click **Start Export** .

   [![](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/sc/SolutionsStatics/sk92261/sk922611701160459.png)](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/sc/SolutionsStatics/sk92261/sk922611701160459.png "Click the image to see it in full size in a new tab/window")

After the export file is created, you can download it from the browser.

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