Viewing Snapshots and Schedules (BUI)

Use the following procedure to view the snapshots and automatic snapshot schedules of a particular filesystem, LUN, or project.

  1. Go to the share or project.
    1. To view snapshots and snapshot schedules of a filesystem: From the Shares menu, select Shares.
    2. To view snapshots and snapshot schedules of a LUN: From the Shares menu, select Shares, then LUNs.
    3. To view snapshots and snapshot schedules of a project: From the Shares menu, select Projects.
  2. Hover over the share or project, and click the edit icon image showing the edit icon .
  3. Click the Snapshots tab.
  4. View the snapshots or snapshot schedules.
    1. View the snapshots of that share under Snapshots, and optionally select MANUAL or SCHEDULED to view only manual or only scheduled snapshots.

      Click the edit icon image showing the edit icon for a snapshot to view its details: name (NAME), date and time of creation (CREATION), amount of unique space used by the snapshot (UNIQUE), total amount of space referenced by the snapshot (TOTAL), and number of clones of the snapshot (CLONES).

    2. Click Schedules to view the automatic snapshot schedules for that share.

      For each schedule, you can see the frequency that a snapshot is taken, the precise day and time at which it is taken, how many snapshots are kept before old ones are deleted, and how many snapshots have a retention hold.