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Chapter 2. Accessing Storage Clusters via iSCSI

In the output above, the asterisk in the column C indicates the current snapshot, while the column

PARENT_UUID shows snapshot dependency or history.

2.9.3 Switching Between LUN Snapshots

To switch to the speciﬁed LUN snapshot, use the vstorage-iscsi snapshot-switch command. For example:

# vstorage-iscsi snapshot-switch -u a1f54314-bc06-40c6-a587-965feb9d85bb

After you switch to a snapshot, the current LUN image will be removed.

Note: You can only switch between snapshots, if the LUN is oﬄine.

2.9.4 Viewing LUN Snapshot Information

To view information about the speciﬁed snapshot, use the vstorage-iscsi snapshot-info command. For

example:

# vstorage-iscsi snapshot-info -u 9c98b442-7482-4fd0-9c45-9259374ca84e

Target: iqn.2014-04.com.vstorage:stor4

LUN: 1

Created: 2014-04-11 13:16:57

Parent: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}

{a1f54314-bc06-40c6-a587-965feb9d85bb}

{9c98b442-7482-4fd0-9c45-9259374ca84e

Description: None

2.9.5 Deleting LUN Snapshots

To delete the specifed LUN snapshot, use the vstorage-iscsi snapshot-delete command. For example:

# vstorage-iscsi snapshot-delete -u a1f54314-bc06-40c6-a587-965feb9d85bb

If the snapshot has no any children, it will be deleted. If the snapshot has a single child, it will be merged to

that child.

Note:

1. You can only delete oﬄine snapshots.