# Naming Convention for Snapshots Created by the IBM FlashSystem Storage Array

The snapshots created by the IBM FlashSystem array have the following naming conventions.

Snapshot engine | Configuration | Naming convention | Example
--- | --- | --- | ---
IBM FlashSystem FlashCopy | default | SP_2_JobID_SnapID | SP_2_35489_5574
IBM FlashSystem Space-Efficient FlashCopy | default | SP_2_JobID_SnapID | SP_2_176458_1479
IBM Volume Group Snap | default | CV-commcell-snapjobid-volumegroupid | CV-214382629-1940885-2067.600507681

where:

- SP_2 is a constant value.

- JobID is the Commvault software JobID.

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

- volumegroupid is the UID for the Volume Group

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