Naming Convention for Snapshots Created by the Hitachi Vantara Storage Array

The snapshots created by the Hitachi Vantara array have the following naming conventions.

Snapshot engine

Configuration

Naming convention

Example

Hitachi COW Snap

default

SP_2_JobID_SnapID

SP_2_1301_242

Hitachi Shadow Image

default

SP_2_JobID_SnapID

SP_2_1401_235

Hitachi Shadow Image (CCI)

default

IS_SVOL_SP_2_JobID_SnapID

IS_SVOL_SP_2_6458_130

Instant clone

IS_CLONE_MountID_Timestamp

IS_CLONE_1018_1601382866

Hitachi Thin Image (CCI)

default

IS_SVOL_SP_2_JobID_SnapID

IS_SVOL_SP_2_6547_129

Snap of Clone

IS_SVOL_CASCASDE for the clone

IS_SVOL_SP_2_JobID_SnapID for the snapshot

IS_SVOL_CASCASDE

IS_SVOL_SP_2_6458_130

Instant clone

IS_CLONE_MountID_Timestamp

IS_CLONE_1018_1601382866

Hitachi Targetless Snap (CCI)

default

IS_SVOL_SP_CommcellID_JobID_SnapID

IS_SVOL_SP_2_6458_130

SnapshotGroup

IS_SubclientID_PoolID_JobID_Timestamp

IS_38_4_1CC6F_5A7D4801

where:

  • SP_2 is a constant value.

  • IS_CLONE is a constant value.

  • MountID is the volume ID created by the Snap Manager.

  • IS_SVOL_SP_2 is a constant value.

  • JobID is the Commvault software JobID.

  • SnapID is the snapshot ID created by the Commvault software, and corresponds to the primary key of the SMSnap table entry in the CommCell database.

  • IS_SVOL_CASCASDE indicates the clone for which the snapshot is created.

  • SubclientID is the ID of the subclient.

  • PoolID is the ID of the pool.

  • Timestamp is the time of the creation of the snapshot, in HEX format.

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