Managing cloud volumes
A cloud volume is any volume that is enabled for transparent cloud tiering. After transparent cloud tiering is enabled on a volume, point-in-time copies, or snapshots, can be created and copied to cloud storage that is provided by a cloud service provider. These snapshots can be restored to the system for disaster recovery purposes. Before you create cloud volumes, a valid connection to a supported cloud service provider must be configured.
With transparent cloud tiering, the system supports connections to cloud service providers and the creation of cloud snapshots of any volume or volume group on the system. Cloud snapshots are point-in-time copies of volumes that are created and transferred to cloud storage that is managed by a cloud service provider. A cloud account defines the connection between the system and a supported cloud service provider and must be configured before data can be transferred to or restored from the cloud storage. After a cloud account is configured with the cloud service provider, you determine which volumes you want to create cloud snapshots of and enable transparent cloud tiering on those volumes.
Using the management GUI
- In the management GUI, select .
- The Cloud Volumes page displays all details of the cloud volumes, including name, ID, UID, size of the snapshots, date of most recent snapshot, the number of snapshots that are currently on the cloud, and the name of the volume group if applicable. The page also displays the status of any in-progress snapshot or restore operations. Some of these volume backups might have corresponding local volumes; others might not.
Using the command-line interface
lsvolumebackup