Dell PowerVault MD 32XX/36XX Series Storage Arrays CLI Guide

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Show Snapshot Virtual Disks

Description

This command returns information about one or more snapshot virtual disks.

Syntax

show (allSnapVirtualDisks | snapVirtualDisk [
                                 snapVirtualDiskName] |
                                 snapVirtualDisks [
                                 snapVirtualDiskName1 ... snapVirtualDiskNamen])
                                 [summary]

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`allSnapVirtualDisks`	The parameter to return information about all of the snapshot virtual disks in the storage array.
`snapVirtualDisk` or `snapVirtualDisks`	The alphanumeric identifier (including - and _) of a specific snapshot virtual disk about which you are retrieving information. Enclose the snapshot virtual disk name in square brackets ([ ]). When you enter more than one snapshot virtual disk identifier, separate the identifiers with a space. Enclose all of the identifiers in only one set of square brackets ([ ]).
`summary`	The parameter to return a concise list of information about the snapshot virtual disks.

Notes

This command returns snapshot virtual disk information as shown in this example:

SNAPSHOT Virtual Disk(SNAPSHOT-IMAGE BASED) SUMMARY
                                    SUMMARY
                                    
                                    Total Snapshot virtual disks: 1
                                    	Most Recent Snapshot virtual disk: Day month date hh:mm:ss yyyy
                                    	Status: 1 Optimal, 0 Non Optimal

`Name`	`Type`	`Status`	`Capacity`	`Associated Base Virtual Disk`
`2_SV_0001`	`Standard`	`Optimal`	`3.000 GB`	`2`

`Snapshot Virtual Disk Timestamp`	`Snapshot Image Timestamp`	`Mode`
`1/23/12 6:44:31 PM IST`	`1/23/12 6:27:36 PM IST`	`Read Write`

`Total Repository Capacity`	`Available Repository Capacity`
`1.199 GB`	`0.125 MB (0%)`

The size of your monitor determines how the information wraps and will affect how the information appears.