Try this: http://wiki.qemu.org/download/qemu-doc.html#vm_005fsnapshots To list the snapshots in your QCOW2 image: qemu-img snapshot -l myimage.qcow2 To revert the disk to a saved state: qemu-img snapshot -a <snapshot-name> myimage.qcow2 Stefan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html