Explicitly mention alpha status of snapshot APIs. (#16525)

Also added a section about creating volumes from snapshots.
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Raghuram Devarakonda
2019-09-25 14:07:41 -04:00
committed by Kubernetes Prow Robot
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This document describes the current state of `VolumeSnapshots` in Kubernetes. Familiarity with [persistent volumes](/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes/) is suggested.
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@@ -129,4 +130,12 @@ using the attribute `snapshotClassName`.
Only VolumeSnapshotContents of the requested class, ones with the same `snapshotClassName`
as the VolumeSnapshot, can be bound to the VolumeSnapshot.
## Provisioning Volumes from Snapshots
You can provision a new volume, pre-populated with data from a snapshot, by using
the *dataSource* field in the `PersistentVolumeClaim` object.
For more details, see
[Volume Snapshot and Restore Volume from Snapshot](/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes/#volume-snapshot-and-restore-volume-from-snapshot-support).
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