Element software volume snapshot API methods enable you to manage volume snapshots. You can create, modify, clone, and delete volume snapshots using the volume snapshot API methods.
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Snapshots overview
A volume snapshot is a point-in-time copy of a volume. You can use snapshots to roll a volume back to the state it was in at the time the snapshot was created.
CreateGroupSnapshot
You can use CreateGroupSnapshot to create a point-in-time copy of a group of volumes.
CreateSchedule
You can use CreateSchedule to schedule an automatic snapshot of a volume at a defined interval.
CreateSnapshot
You can use CreateSnapshot to create a point-in-time copy of a volume. You can create a snapshot from any volume or from an existing snapshot.
DeleteGroupSnapshot
You can use DeleteGroupSnapshot to delete a group snapshot.
DeleteSnapshot
You can use the DeleteSnapshot method to delete a snapshot.
GetSchedule
You can use GetSchedule to get information about a scheduled snapshot.
ListGroupSnapshots
You can use ListGroupSnapshots method to return information about all group snapshots that have been created.
ListSchedules
You can use ListSchedules to get information about all scheduled snapshots that have been created.
ListSnapshots
You can use ListSnapshots to return the attributes of each snapshot taken on the volume.
ModifyGroupSnapshot
You can use ModifyGroupSnapshot to change the attributes of a group of snapshots. You can also use this method to enable snapshots created on the read/write (source) volume to be remotely replicated to a target storage system.
ModifySchedule
You can use ModifySchedule to change the intervals at which a scheduled snapshot occurs. You can also delete or pause a schedule by using this method.
ModifySnapshot
You can use ModifySnapshot to change the attributes currently assigned to a snapshot. You can also use this method to enable snapshots created on the read/write (source) volume to be remotely replicated to a target storage cluster running Element software.
RollbackToGroupSnapshot
You can use RollbackToGroupSnapshot to roll back all individual volumes in a snapshot group to each volume's individual snapshot.
RollbackToSnapshot
You can use the RollbackToSnapshot method to make an existing snapshot of the active volume image. This method creates a new snapshot from an existing snapshot.