Viewing and Modifying VTL Partition Snapshots
(Undefined variable: Series/User_Guide_Online_Help.product_generic) Secure Snapshots enable users to create point-in-time physical copies, or snapshots, of shares, VTL partitions, or OST LSUs. Each snapshot is timestamped, secured and isolated in a non-network-addressable blockpool located in the (Undefined variable: Series/User_Guide_Online_Help.product_generic) system, enabling fast recovery from ransomware attacks.
Use the OST Snapshots List to:
- See all Secure Snapshots taken of selected VTL partitions in your system.
- Select point-in-time snapshots of individual partitions to:
- Extend snapshot retention time in days, beyond the time period set when the snapshot(s) were created.
- Recover LSU snapshots to new LSUs.
Viewing Existing VTL Partition Snapshots
Use the following steps to see all existing VTL Partition snapshots by partition:
- From the (Undefined variable: Series/User_Guide_Online_Help.product_generic) console, select Immutable Storage on the left side of the screen and select the VTL tab.
- In the Snapshots List, click the plus-sign icon next to the desired partition to show the system's existing snapshots for that partition.
The Snapshots List now shows all snapshots for the selected partition. You can click Partitions to return to the parent list.
Extending Snapshot Retention Periods
Use the following steps to extend the retention time in days for all VTL partition snapshots in the system, or for any individual snapshot.
- Use the instructions in Viewing Existing VTL Partition Snapshots to access snapshots of the desired partition(s) from the VTL Snapshots List.
- Click on any snapshot to select it, then click Extend Retention.
- In the Extend Retention dialog for the selected snapshot, type the new Number of days to retain the snapshot, then click Apply to save the extended retention period and close the dialog.
Note: Before clicking in a single row to select the partition snapshot to extend, the Extend Retention button now displays ungrayed (active).
Note: When you click in the box or hover your mouse cursor over the box, up-or-down arrows appear next to the existing number that you can either use to increase the number of days. You can still click in the box and type the new number.
Recovering VTL Partition Snapshots
Complete the following steps to recover a snapshot for a VTL partition:
- Use the instructions in Viewing Existing VTL Partition Snapshots to access the desired partition snapshot(s) in the VTL Snapshots List.
- Click on any snapshot to select it, then use the specific date and time for the snapshot you want to recover from the Created column, then click Recover.
- In the Recover to Partition dialog, type a name for the partition you are recovering from the snapshot, like recovered-fur3-vtl02 then click Apply to begin the recovery.
Note: Recovery time varies and depends on the volume of partition data.
