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Rename a snapshot

Availability: This command is available to cluster and Vserver administrators at the admin privilege level.

Description

The volume snapshot rename command renames a Snapshot copy.

Note You cannot rename a Snapshot copy that is created as a reference copy during the execution of the volume move command.

Parameters

-vserver <vserver name> - Vserver

This specifies the Vserver that contains the volume on which the specified Snapshot copy is to be renamed

-volume <volume name> - Volume

This specifies the volume that contains the Snapshot copy to be renamed.

-snapshot <snapshot name> - Snapshot

This specifies the Snapshot copy that is to be renamed.

-new-name <snapshot name> - Snapshot New Name

This specifies the new name for the Snapshot copy.

[-force <true>] - Force Rename (privilege: advanced)

If this parameter is specified, the Snapshot copy rename operation is allowed on application tagged volumes. Otherwise, the operation is disallowed on application tagged volumes.

Examples

The following example renames a Snapshot copy named vol3_snap on a volume named vol3 and a Vserver named vs0. The Snapshot copy is renamed to vol3_snap_archive.

cluster1::> volume snapshot rename -vserver vs0 -volume vol3
-snapshot vol3_snap -new-name vol3_snap_archive