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Get-NimbleSnapshot

Short Description

Returns HPE Nimble storage snapshots.

Applies to

Platform: VMware

Product Edition: Enterprise Plus

Syntax

Get-NimbleSnapshot [-Name <string[]>] [-Volume <CSanVolume[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet returns HPE Nimble storage snapshots.

You can get the list of all storage snapshots or look for a specific snapshot by name or associated volume.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
Name	Specifies the array of snapshot names. The cmdlet will return the snapshots with these names.	False	Named	False	False
Volume	Specifies the array of storage volumes. The cmdlet will return the snapshots of these volumes.	False	Named	True (ByValue, ByProperty Name)	False

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information about common parameters, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216.

Example 1

This command returns an existing HPE Nimble storage snapshot by name.

Get-NimbleSnapshot -Name "DailySnapshot01"

Example 2

This example shows how to get the existing snapshots of several HPE Nimble storage volumes.

You will need to perform the following steps:

Run Get-NimbleHost to get the storage. Save the result to the $storage variable.
Run Get-NimbleVolume with the $storage variable to get the storage volumes. Save each volume to a separate variable: $volume1, $volume2, etc.
Run Get-NimbleSnapshot with the $volume1 and $volume2 variables.

$storage = Get-NimbleHost -Name "HPE Nimble-FC"

$volume1 = Get-NimbleVolume -Host $storage -Name "VOL01"

$volume2 = Get-NimbleVolume -Host $storage -Name "VOL02"

Get-NimbleSnapshot -Volume $volume1, $volume2

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