Snapshots - Overview and Concepts

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What the overview shows

• Resource Name identifies the share, target or storage resource protected byeEKAS/Ceph snapshots.resource.
• Volume Name shows the underlyingrelated Ceph-backed volume.
• Type showsidentifies the filesystemresource ortype storagereported type.by eEKAS.
• Number of Snapshots and Last Snapshot show the current protection state.
• Schedule indicates whether an automatic snapshotssnapshot areschedule is configured.

Typical workflow

1. Open Snapshots fromin the eEKAS menu.UI.
2. Review existing Ceph snapshot resources and snapshot counts.
3. Create an on-demand snapshot before maintenance or risky data changes.
4. Create a schedule for production resources.resources that need regular recovery points.
5. PeriodicallyReview verifyretention retention,and restore procedures and available capacity.regularly.

OperationalImportant guidanceboundary

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• Keep retention aligned with available capacity.
• Test restore procedures before relying on snapshots for production recovery.

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