Enabling cloud snapshots on volumes
In the management GUI, when you create a snapshot, cloud snapshots are automatically enabled for the volume when the volume is not restricted from cloud snapshots. If you are using the command-line interface, you must enable cloud snapshots for the volume separately.
A volume cannot be enabled for cloud snapshots if the volume is used in
any of the following capacities:
- The volume is part of a remote-copy relationship.
- The volume is a VMware vSphere Virtual Volume.
- The volume is associated with a FlashCopy® mapping.
- A volume has a copy in a different storage pool.
- A volume is being migrated between different storage pools.
- A volume cannot be enabled for cloud snapshots if the cloud storage is set to import mode.
- A volume cannot be enabled for cloud snapshots if the maximum number of cloud volumes already
exists. The maximum number of cloud volumes on the system is 1024.Note: If the system exceeds this limit, you can disable cloud snapshots on an existing cloud volume and delete its associated snapshots from the cloud storage to accommodate snapshots on new cloud volumes.
To enable cloud snapshots on a volume, enter the following
command:
chvdisk -backup cloud -enable
-account cloud_account_id | cloud_account_name vdisk_id | vdisk_name