Creating Snapshots

Here's an example of how to create a snapshot:

pxctl volume snapshot create --name mysnap --label color=blue,fabric=wool myvol

Volume snap successful: 234835613696329810

The string of digits in the output is the volume ID of the new snapshot. You can use this ID(234835613696329810) or the name(mysnap), to refer to the snapshot in subsequent pxctl commands.

The label values allow you to tag the snapshot with descriptive information of your choosing. You can use them to filter the output of the pxctl volume list command.

There is an implementation limit of 64 snapshots per volume.