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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. 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 snapshot. If you don't have an existing link, create a link. To associate a link in the file system, click Associate link under Account name. Once the link associates, return to this operation.

Steps

  1. Log in to the Workload Factory console

  2. In Storage, select Go to storage inventory.

  3. In the FSx for ONTAP tab, click the three dots menu of the file system with the volume and then select Manage.

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

  5. From the Volumes tab, select the three dots menu for the volume to protect.

  6. Select Data protection actions, Snapshots, then Create volume from a snapshot.

  7. In the Create volume from a snapshot dialog, in the Snapshot name field, enter a snapshot name.

  8. Click Create.