Disabling cloud snapshots for a volume

If you no longer need to create snapshots for a cloud volume, you can disable the function for the volume with the management GUI or the command-line interface.

When cloud snapshots are disabled on a volume, the volume is disconnected from the cloud account. Existing snapshot versions of the volume that are located in cloud storage are not deleted. A full snapshot of the volume is required if a cloud snapshot is needed later. You cannot disable cloud snapshots on a volume if a current snapshot operation is in progress. You must either wait for the snapshot operation to complete or cancel the snapshot. The cloud snapshots can be used only with volumes that have a capacity greater than zero bytes.

Using the management GUI

To disable cloud snapshots for a volume, complete these steps:
  1. In the management GUI, select Volumes > Cloud Volumes.
  2. Right-click the volume and select Disable cloud snapshots.
  3. Click Confirm to disable cloud snapshots for the volume.

Using the command-line interface

To disable cloud snapshots for a volume, enter the following command:
chvdisk -backup cloud -disable  vdisk_id_or_name
where vdisk_name_or_id is the name or system-assigned identifier for the volume on which cloud snapshots are being disabled.
Parent topic: Managing cloud volumes
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