diff --git a/deployment/deploy_vm.sh b/deployment/deploy_vm.sh
index d7588f3..da249a8 100755
--- a/deployment/deploy_vm.sh
+++ b/deployment/deploy_vm.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ if ! lxc list --format csv | grep -q "$LXD_VM_NAME"; then
     SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB=
     DOCKER_DISK_SIZE_GB=
     if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = www ]; then
+        if [ "$SKIP_WWW" = true ]; then
+            exit 0
+        fi
+
         VM_ID="w"
         BACKUP_DISK_SIZE_GB="$WWW_BACKUP_DISK_SIZE_GB"
         SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB="$WWW_SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB"
@@ -43,6 +47,10 @@ if ! lxc list --format csv | grep -q "$LXD_VM_NAME"; then
     fi
 
     if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = btcpayserver ]; then
+        if [ "$SKIP_BTCPAYSERVER" = true ]; then
+            exit 0
+        fi
+
         VM_ID="b"
         BACKUP_DISK_SIZE_GB="$BTCPAYSERVER_BACKUP_DISK_SIZE_GB"
         SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB="$BTCPAYSERVER_SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB"
@@ -50,6 +58,10 @@ if ! lxc list --format csv | grep -q "$LXD_VM_NAME"; then
     fi
 
     if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = clamsserver ]; then
+        if [ "$SKIP_CLAMSSERVER" = true ]; then
+            exit 0
+        fi
+
         VM_ID="c"
         BACKUP_DISK_SIZE_GB="$BTCPAYSERVER_BACKUP_DISK_SIZE_GB"
         SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB="$BTCPAYSERVER_SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB"
diff --git a/deployment/down.sh b/deployment/down.sh
index 0ac0e68..5672367 100755
--- a/deployment/down.sh
+++ b/deployment/down.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ if lxc remote get-default -q | grep -q "local"; then
 fi
 
 KEEP_DOCKER_VOLUME=true
+SKIP_BTCPAYSERVER=false
+SKIP_WWW=false
+SKIP_CLAMSSERVER=false
 
 # grab any modifications from the command line.
 for i in "$@"; do
@@ -19,6 +22,18 @@ for i in "$@"; do
             KEEP_DOCKER_VOLUME=false
             shift
         ;;
+        --skip-btcpayserver)
+            SKIP_BTCPAYSERVER=true
+            shift
+        ;;
+        --skip-wwwserver)
+            SKIP_WWW=true
+            shift
+        ;;
+        --skip-clamsserver)
+            SKIP_CLAMSSERVER=true
+            shift
+        ;;
         *)
         echo "Unexpected option: $1"
         exit 1
@@ -26,6 +41,19 @@ for i in "$@"; do
     esac
 done
 
+SERVERS=
+if [ "$SKIP_BTCPAYSERVER" = false ]; then
+    SERVERS="btcpayserver"
+fi
+
+if [ "$SKIP_WWW" = false ]; then
+    SERVERS="www $SERVERS"
+fi
+
+if [ "$SKIP_CLAMSSERVER" = false ]; then
+    SERVERS="clamsserver $SERVERS"
+fi
+
 . ./deployment_defaults.sh
 
 . ./remote_env.sh
@@ -77,9 +105,10 @@ for VIRTUAL_MACHINE in www btcpayserver; do
                 fi
             fi
         done
+        # we maintain the volumes
+        # TODO make a snapshot on all the zfs storage volumes.
+        echo "TODO: create snapshot of ZFS volumes and pull them to mgmt machine."
     fi
-
-    SKIP=www
 done
 
 if lxc network list -q | grep -q ss-ovn; then
diff --git a/deployment/up.sh b/deployment/up.sh
index 0f76ba6..165293c 100755
--- a/deployment/up.sh
+++ b/deployment/up.sh
@@ -221,6 +221,10 @@ EOL
 PROJECT_NAME="$(lxc info | grep "project:" | awk '{print $2}')"
 export PROJECT_NAME="$PROJECT_NAME"
 export PROJECT_PATH="$PROJECTS_PATH/$PROJECT_NAME"
+export SKIP_BTCPAYSERVER="$SKIP_BTCPAYSERVER"
+export SKIP_WWW="$SKIP_WWW"
+export SKIP_CLAMSSERVER="$SKIP_CLAMSSERVER"
+
 
 mkdir -p "$PROJECT_PATH" "$REMOTE_PATH/projects"