- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Introduction
- Deploying and Unregistering VSI Plug-in
- Dell VSI
- Managing VMAX All Flash/PowerMax Storage System with VSI
- Manage PowerMax Storage System
- Manage PowerMax Storage Groups
- Manage VMFS Datastore for PowerMax
- Manage RDM Disks for PowerMax
- Manage Snapshots in PowerMax Storage System
- Dell PowerMax Usage Limits
- VMAX All Flash/PowerMax Host Best Practices
- Manage PowerMax NAS Servers
- Manage NFS Datastores for PowerMax
- Create NFS Datastores on PowerMax Storage System
- View NFS Datastore Details for PowerMax
- Edit NFS Datastore for PowerMax
- View Access and Connectivity for PowerMax NFS Datastore
- Mount Datastores to Additional Hosts
- Unmount Datastores
- Edit Access Mode for Hosts
- Delete NFS Datastores on PowerMax Storage system
- Managing XtremIO Storage System with VSI
- Managing Unity Storage System with VSI
- Manage Unity Storage System
- Manage Unity Storage Pools
- Manage Unity NAS Servers
- Manage Unity Capability Profiles
- Unity Host Management
- Manage VMFS Datastores for Unity
- Datastore Host Mappings
- Manage NFS Datastores for Unity
- Manage vVol Datastores for Unity
- Manage RDM Disks for Unity
- RDM Host Mappings
- Manage Snapshots in Unity Storage System
- Clone, Refresh and Restore Unity
- Unity Host Best Practices
- Managing PowerStore Storage System with VSI
- Manage PowerStore Storage System
- Host Connectivity Management
- Manage VMFS Datastores for PowerStore
- Datastore Host Mappings
- Manage vVol Datastore for PowerStore
- Manage VM Disks for PowerStore
- RDM Host Mappings
- Manage Host Settings for PowerStore
- Manage Snapshots in PowerStore Storage System
- Clone, Refresh and Restore for a PowerStore Storage System
- PowerStore Capacity and Performance Monitoring
- Monitoring Capacity for PowerStore Cluster
- Monitoring Performance for PowerStore Cluster
- Monitoring Capacity for PowerStore VMFS Datastore
- Monitoring Performance for PowerStore VMFS Datastore
- View Performance Charts for PowerStoreX Internal Hosts
- Monitoring Capacity for PowerStore Appliance
- View Performance Charts for PowerStore Appliances and Nodes
- View Capacity Charts for PowerStore Appliances
- PowerStore VM Level Restore
- PowerStore Replication Support
- PowerStore Metro Support
- PowerStore Snapshot Rule Management
- PowerStore Replication Rule Management
- PowerStore Protection Policy Management
- PowerStore Volume Group Management
- PowerStore Volume Group Members Management
- PowerStore Volume Group Clone Management
- PowerStore Volume Group Snapshot Management
- View Volume Group Snapshot for PowerStore
- Create Volume Group Snapshot for PowerStore
- Edit Volume Group Snapshot for PowerStore
- Delete Volume Group Snapshot for PowerStore
- Create Thin Clone of Volume Group Snapshot for PowerStore
- Refresh Using Volume Group Snapshot for PowerStore
- Restore Volume Group from Snapshot for PowerStore
- Managing RecoverPoint Storage System with VSI
- Managing PowerFlex Storage System with VSI
- Using VSI to Manage Storage Access
- Manage VMware SRM with VSI
- Introduction
- View SRM Protection Groups
- View Dell Protected Storage
- Set Snapshot for Recovery on Protected Storage
- Clear Snapshot Set on Protected Storage
- Apply Test Failover Settings on Protected Storage
- View Protected Virtual Machines and Datastores
- View SRM Servers
- Set Snapshot for Recovery on SRM Protection Groups
- Clear Snapshot Set for Recovery on SRM Protection Groups
- Space Reclamation on Datastores
- SSL Certificate Management
- Reference Topics
Dell Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for VMware vSphere Client Version 10.0 Product Guide
Create Snapshots on Demand
Learn how to create snapshots for existing datastores.
Prerequisites
- VMFS datastore must exist.
Steps
- Log in to the VMware vSphere Client.
- Click .
- Select the VMFS datastore, click .
- Click Snapshots tab, the Snapshots tab displays the list of snapshots that are created on the datastore.
-
Click
+ (Add), the
Create Snapshot dialog box is displayed.
Enter the Name, Description, and select the Local Retention Policy for the snapshot to be created.NOTE The default name for snapshot is the timestamp. You can also customize the name of the snapshot.
You can also create snapshot by right-clicking a datastore and click Create Snapshot option.
-
Click
CREATE.
The snapshot is created and displayed in the Snapshots page.NOTE You can navigate to Snapshots page from datastore details page by clicking snapshot number when snapshot exists on the datastore.
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