Administrator Guide

4. In the right pane, click the Snapshots & Clones tab.
5. Select a snapshot and click Edit Settings. The Edit Snapshot Settings dialog box appears.
6. In the Name eld, type a new name for the snapshot.
7. Click OK.
Change the Retention Policy for a Snapshot
Specify whether to retain the snapshot indenitely or expire the snapshot after a period of time.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System tab navigation pane, expand NAS Volumes and select a NAS volume.
4. In the right pane, click the Snapshots & Clones tab.
5. Select a snapshot and click Edit Settings. The Edit Snapshot Settings dialog box appears.
6. Specify the retention policy:
• To retain the snapshot indenitely, clear the Enable Expiration check box.
• To expire the snapshot in the future, select the Enable Expiration check box and specify a day and time on which to expire
the snapshot.
7. Click OK.
Delete a Snapshot
Delete a snapshot if you no longer need the point-in-time copy of the data.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System tab navigation pane, expand NAS Volumes and select a NAS volume.
4. In the right pane, click the Snapshots & Clones tab.
5. Select a snapshot and click Delete. The Delete dialog box appears.
6. Click OK.
Restoring Data from a Snapshot
You can restore data in two ways:
• Restore individual les: After a snapshot is created, the FluidFS cluster creates a client-accessible snapshots directory
containing a copy of the les included in the snapshot. Clients can easily restore individual les from a snapshot using copy and
paste, without storage administrator intervention. This method is useful for the day-to-day restore activities of individual les.
• Restore a NAS volume from a snapshot: The storage administrator can restore an entire NAS volume by rolling the state back
to the time of an existing snapshot. This method is useful in the case of an application error or virus attacks.
Snapshots retain the same security style as the active le system. Therefore, even when using snapshots, clients can access only
their own les based on existing permissions. The data available when accessing a specic snapshot is at the level of the specic
share and its subdirectories, ensuring that users cannot access other parts of the le system.
View Available Snapshots
View snaphots available for restoring data.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System tab navigation pane, expand NAS Volumes and select a NAS volume.
4. In the right pane, click the Snapshots & Clones tab. The snapshots are displayed in the Snapshots list.
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