Preserving one or more Snapshots
Describes how to preserve a snapshot using the volume snapshot preserve
command, or using the Control
System.
Preserving Snapshots Using the Control System
About this task
You can preserve a snapshot to prevent it from expiring. To preserve one or more
snapshots, in the Snapshots tab (under ):
NOTE
The Volumes page is under the Volumes
menu in the Kubernetes version of the Control System.Procedure
- Select the snapshot(s) you want to preserve.
-
Click Preserve Snapshot to preserve the
snapshot(s).
The Preserve Snapshot(s) confirmation dialog displays.
-
Verify the list of snapshots to preserve and click
Preserve Snapshots.
The Expires On column for the selected snapshots will show No Expiration. You cannot set an expiration date for a preserved snapshot; instead, if necessary, remove the preserved snapshot.
Preserving Snapshots Associated with a Volume Using the Control System
About this task
You can preserve a snapshot to prevent it from expiring. To preserve one or more snapshots (and prevent them from expiring) associated with a volume:
Procedure
-
Log in to the Control System and go to the Snapshots
tab in the volume information
page.
The list of snapshots associated with the volume displays.
-
Select the snapshots to preserve and click Preserve
Snapshot.
The Preserve Snapshot(s) confirmation dialog displays.
-
Verify the list of snapshots to preserve and click
Preserve Snapshots.
The Expires On column for the selected snapshots will show No Expiration. You cannot set an expiration date for a preserved snapshot; instead, if necessary, remove the preserved snapshot.
Preserving Snapshots Using the CLI or the REST API
About this task
The basic command to preserve the snapshots is:
maprcli volume snapshot preserve
For complete reference information, see
volume snapshot preserve
.