Viewing Snapshot Information

This section describes how to view snapshot information on the Snapshots page.

Viewing Snapshot Information

Log in to the GaussDB(DWS) console.
In the navigation pane, choose Management > Snapshots.

In the snapshot list, all snapshots are displayed by default.

You can view the Snapshot Name, Snapshot Status, Cluster Name, Backup Mode, Snapshot Type, Storage Media, Snapshot Level, and creation time of snapshots.

You can also enter a snapshot name or cluster name in the upper right corner of the snapshot list and click to search for the specified snapshot. GaussDB(DWS) supports fuzzy search.

Table 1 describes snapshot status.

**Table 1** Snapshot status
Status	Description
Available	Indicates that the existing snapshot works properly.
Creating	Indicates that a snapshot is being created.
Unavailable	Indicates that the existing snapshot cannot provide services.

Table 2 lists the backup modes.

**Table 2** Backup modes
Type	Description
Manual	Indicates the snapshot that you manually create through the GaussDB(DWS) management console or using APIs. You can delete the snapshots that are manually created.
Automated	Indicates the snapshot that is automatically created after the automated snapshot backup policy is enabled. You cannot delete the snapshots that are automatically created. The system automatically deletes the snapshots whose retention duration expires.

Table 3 describes the snapshot types.

**Table 3** Type
Type	Description
Full	The snapshot is a full backup.
Incremental	The snapshot is an incremental backup.

Table 4 describes the snapshot media.

**Table 4** Storage media
Storage Medium	Description
OBS	The created snapshot is an OBS snapshot and the backup data is stored on the OBS server.
NFS	The created snapshot is an NFS snapshot and the backup data is stored on the NFS server.

Table 5 describes the snapshot levels.

**Table 5** Snapshot levels
Snapshot Level	Description
cluster	A backup of all the configurations and service data of a cluster at a specific point in time.
schema	A backup of all the service data of a schema at a specific point in time.

Querying Snapshot Information by Table Name

Prerequisites

Only the snapshots that are created after the fine-grained snapshot function is enabled support fine-grained search.

Only cluster versions 8.2.1.300 and later support snapshot query by table name.

Procedure

Log in to the GaussDB(DWS) console.
In the navigation pane, choose Clusters > Dedicated Clusters.
In the cluster list, click the name of the target cluster. The Cluster Information page is displayed.

In the navigation pane, choose Snapshots and enable the fine-grained snapshot function. Click the advanced search button on the right.

You can set a triplet consisting of a database, a schema, and a table in a fine-grained query on the snapshot information in a specified database schema table. For details about the snapshot information, see 3.