You can check the status of snapshots when the Health Status indicates that an error has occurred.
- Obtain the following:
- Server name
- Volume name
- Date and time the snapshot was created
- You must have the Storage Administrator (View Only) role.
- From the navigation tree, select Storage > Servers.
If you are not using VSP One Block Administrator to manage servers, from the navigation tree, click Storage > Volumes, and then go to step 3.
- From the inventory of servers, click the server name to open the server details page.
- From the inventory of volumes at the bottom of the details page, click the volume name to open the volume details page.
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On the Snapshots tab, check the status of the snapshot.
The following provides a description for each type of snapshot status:
Status
Description
Creating Snapshot settings creation is in progress. In Sync Snapshot synchronization is complete. Splitting Snapshot splitting is in progress. This is also output when virtual clone operations are performed (namely, when vClone volumes are created, when conversion to vClone volumes is performed, and when conversion to snapshots is performed). For details on virtual clone operations, see the Hitachi Thin Image Advanced User Guide.
Completed Snapshot creation is complete, or restoration of the snapshot which shares data reduction with volume is complete. Restoring Snapshot restoration is in progress. Deleting Snapshot settings and differential data deletion is in progress. Relocating Snapshot data relocation is in progress. Error A failure occurred. Note: The snapshot ID is the same as that of the mirror unit number. For details on the mirror unit number, see the Hitachi Thin Image Advanced User Guide.