Snapshots

A snapshot is a read-only, point-in-time copy of a network's topology — its hosts, services, ports, interfaces, subnets, VLANs, and tags, exactly as they were when you captured it. While the Live view keeps changing as discovery runs, a snapshot stays frozen, so you can see what your network looked like before a change, a migration, or an incident.

Taking a Snapshot

Click Take Snapshot in the topology toolbar. The snapshot captures the network's current state immediately and is added to the snapshot selector.

Snapshots are captured manually — Scanopy does not take them on a schedule.

Viewing a Snapshot

Use the snapshot selector in the toolbar to switch between Live and any saved snapshot. Selecting a snapshot shows the topology as it was at that moment; switching is instant and keeps your current layout and perspective.

While viewing a snapshot, the topology is read-only. You can:

• Inspect hosts, services, and their details
• Filter by tags and switch perspectives (L2 Physical, L3 Logical, Workloads, Application)
• Pan, zoom, and export

You can't edit while viewing a snapshot — tagging, dependency editing, grouping changes, edit mode, and taking new snapshots are only available on the Live view. Switch back to Live to make changes.

Deleting a Snapshot

Select the snapshot and choose Delete Snapshot, then confirm. Deleting a snapshot doesn't affect your live topology or any other snapshot.

Availability and Retention

Snapshots are available on paid plans, and each plan keeps snapshots for a set retention window — older snapshots are pruned automatically once they fall outside it. See pricing for which plans include snapshots and how long each retains them.