topic Re: Feature Request: Create snapshot on volume size modification in Array Performance and Data Protection

Feature Request: Create snapshot on volume size modification

swilson120 — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 13:49:34 GMT

Coming from an Equallogic, one feature that was nice was that on a volume resize, it prompted you to create a snapshot prior to resizing. This way if something goes wrong, the parachute opens

:-)

Thanks,

Scott

Re: Feature Request: Create snapshot on volume size modification

Nick_Dyer — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:01:54 GMT

Nimble Storage does this for you automatically, and has done since inception. Any change you make to a volume automatically creates a "NSS" snapshot which isn't cleared down as part of a retention policy. You'll see this in the snapshots tab.

You'll need to clear these down manually should you not wish to keep them.

Re: Feature Request: Create snapshot on volume size modification

swilson120 — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 13:07:03 GMT

Thanks,

I was trying to figure out a couple weeks ago how those got there. I thought it was from the Vmware Volume Plugin.

Nimble Rocks!

Re: Feature Request: Create snapshot on volume size modification

Stefan21 — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 03:32:19 GMT

Nick,

Is there a way of finding the NSs snapshots easily to remove them? I have noticed that they can consume a lot of space, and am looking for an easy way through the GUI, or easy script thru CLI/SSH to find them.

Thanks!
Stefan

Re: Feature Request: Create snapshot on volume size modification

Nick_Dyer — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 10:43:52 GMT

Hi Stefan!

If you give Nimble Support a call, they can create you a custom CLI script which will search the array and purge all your 'NSS' snapshots for you. The script is custom to every customer.