Snapshots

Snapshots are taken automatically as per the SLA configured for your database service. You can also manually create a snapshot at any time. On the Snapshots tab, it displays all the details of the collected snapshots for your database service.

On the top, you can provide the name of your snapshot in the search bar and search for the particular snapshot and its details.

You can filter the snapshots according to the status using the Status field next to the search bar. The possible status of the snapshots are:

• All - It is the defualt option. It displays all the snaphots with any of the possible status.

• Available - Select this option if you want to list all the available snapshots as per the SLA configured for your database service.

• Queued - Select this option if you want to list all the snapshots that are scheduled and are waiting on any other task to get started.

• Creating - Select this option if you want to list all the snapshots that are getting clicked and aren't completed yet.

• Failed - Select this option if you want to list all the snapshots that aren't completed and failed because of any reason.

You can select Clear button to clear the applied filter to search bar and status fields.

By default, it displays the list of all the Manual Snapshots and its details. The manual snaphosts are taken using the + Take Snapshot button at the top right corner.

Select Automatic Snapshots to list all the automatic snapshots and its details. The automatic snapshots are taken as per the SLA is configured for your database service.

The table on Manual Snapshots and Automatic Snapshots provides the following details for each snapshot in each row:

• Snapshot Name - It provides the name of the snapshot.

• Availability - It provides the number of regions for which the snapshot is available. Select the region for particular snapshot to view the details of the region where the snaphsot is available. It provides:

  • Region - The region name for which the snapshot is available.

  • Status - It provides the status of the snapshot if it is available or not as per the SLA.

  • Access Policy - It provides the name of the Access policy defined for your database service.

  • Shared with - It provides the name of the user with whom the snapshot is shared. It says, No users if not shared with the users.

• Status - It provides the status of the snapshot. The possible options are Available, Queued, Creating, and Failed.

• Size (GiB) - It provides the size of the snapshot in GB.

• Snapshot Time - It provides the month, date, year, hours, and minutes exactly when the snapshot was taken.

• TRN — It provides the Tessell resource name. The TRN is a globally unique name. You can copy and use the TRN using the copy button next to its TRN.

Each of the manual snapshots taken, can be removed using the Delete option from the ellipsis icon at the end of each row.

You can update the number of days to retain the snapshots for and the time when the automatic snapshots are taken using Update SLA at the top right corner. For more information, see Update SLA.