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Checking EVS Snapshot Details

Scenarios

You can check the snapshot details, including the region and AZ, source disk information, and tags.

Checking Snapshot Details

  1. Sign in to the EVS console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region.
  3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Elastic Volume Service > Snapshots.

    The Snapshots page is displayed.

  4. In the snapshot list, view the snapshot name, status, creation time, and disk name.
  5. (Optional) View more snapshot details.

    • Standard snapshots: In the snapshot list, locate the target snapshot and click its name. On the Basic Information page, view more details about the snapshot.
    • Legacy snapshots: Select a snapshot and click it in the lower part of the console to view its details.
      Figure 1 Viewing a legacy snapshot

Snapshot Statuses

An EVS snapshot has several statuses. Table 1 lists the EVS snapshot statuses, the meaning of each status, and the operations a snapshot in each status allows.
Table 1 Snapshot status details

Snapshot Status

Description

Allowed Operation

Creating

The snapshot is being created.

None

Available

The snapshot is successfully created.
  • Creating EVS disks from snapshots
  • Deleting snapshots
  • Rolling back data to EVS disks using snapshots

Deleting

The snapshot is being deleted.

None

Error

An error occurs when you try to create a snapshot.

Deleting snapshots

Deletion failed

An error occurs when you try to delete a snapshot.

Deleting snapshots

Rolling back

The snapshot is being used to roll back data.

NOTE:
  • When you roll back data from a snapshot, you can only roll back data to the source EVS disk. Rollback to a specific disk is not supported.
  • A snapshot can only be used for rollback when its source disk is in the Available or Rollback failed state.

None

Backing up

This status only shows up for temporary snapshots. When you create a backup for an EVS disk, a temporary snapshot is automatically created. This status indicates that a temporary snapshot is being created during the backup creation.

NOTE:

Temporary snapshots are created through the CBR service. Do not perform any operation on these snapshots.

None

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Parent Topic: Using EVS Snapshots