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Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Administrator’s Guide

Snapshots table in the Volumes topic

To see more information about a snapshot and any child snapshots taken of it, select the snapshot or volume that is associated with it in the volumes table. If it is not already selected, click the Snapshots tab. The snapshots and all related snapshots appear in the Snapshots table.

The Snapshots table shows the following snapshot information. By default, the table shows 10 entries at a time.
  • Name – Shows the name of the snapshot.
  • Base Volume – Shows the name of the virtual volume from which the snapshot was created. All virtual volumes are base volumes when created and are volumes from which virtual snapshots can be created.
  • Parent Volume – Shows the name of the volume from which the snapshot was created.
  • Creation Date/Time – Shows the date and time when the snapshot was created.
  • Status – Shows whether the snapshot is available or unavailable. A snapshot can be unavailable for one of the following reasons:
    • The source volume is not accessible or is not found.
    • The snapshot is pending.
    • A rollback with modified data is in progress.
  • Snapshot Data – Shows the total amount of data associated with the specific snapshot (data copied from a source volume to a snapshot and data written directly to a snapshot).

To see more information about a snapshot, hover the cursor over the snapshot in the table. The Snapshot Information panel opens and displays detailed information about the snapshot.

Table 1. Snapshots Information panelSnapshots information panel
Panel Information displayed
Snapshot Information Name, serial number, status, status reason, retention priority, snapshot data, unique data, shared data, pool, class, number of snaps, number of snapshots in tree, source volume, total size, creation date/time, type, parent volume, base volume, health
NOTE:Class refers to the storage type: virtual or linear.

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