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Create a manual snapshot of an FSx for ONTAP volume

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Create a manual snapshot of an FSx for ONTAP volume in NetApp Workload Factory. Snapshots are point-in-time versions of your volume's content.

Snapshots are resources of volumes and are instant captures of your data that consume space only for modified data. Because data changes over time, snapshots usually consume more space as they get older.

FSx for ONTAP volumes use just-in-time copy-on-write so that any unmodified files in snapshots don't consume any of the volume's capacity.

Note Snapshots aren't copies of your data. If you want to make copies of your data, consider using the FSx for ONTAP backups or volume replication features.
Before you begin

You must associate a link to create a manual snapshot of a volume. Learn how to associate an existing link or to create and associate a new link. After the link associates, return to this operation.

Steps

  1. Log in using one of the console experiences.

  2. In the Storage tile, select Go to Storage.

  3. From the Storage menu, select FSx for ONTAP.

  4. From FSx for ONTAP, select the actions menu of the file system that contains the volume to create a snapshot for and then select Manage.

  5. In the file system overview, select the Volumes tab.

  6. From the Volumes tab, select the actions menu for the volume to protect with snapshots.

  7. Select Data protection actions and then Manage snapshots.

  8. From the Manage snapshots page, select Create snapshot.

  9. In the Create a snapshot dialog, do the following:

    1. Enter a snapshot name in the Snapshot name field.

    2. Optionally, select a label or create a new label.

    3. Set the Retention period as a number of hours, days, months, or years.

    4. Optional: Make this snapshot immutable to prevent the snapshot from being deleted during the retention period.

      Accept the statement regarding immutable snapshots.

  10. Select Create.