Prerequisites
A snapshot on the local cluster that you want to clone.
Cloning a Local Snapshot using the VAST Web UI
From the left navigation menu, select Data Protection and then Snapshots.
Open the Actions menu for the snapshot that you want to clone, and select Clone.
Complete the fields:
Name
Enter a name for the snapshot clone.
Background sync
Enabling this setting causes the snapshot data to be copied from the source to the destination after the clone is created. During the copying stage, read requests are directed to the source if the requested data is not yet copied. When the copying is complete, the clone becomes a regular directory.
If this setting is disabled, the snapshot data is not copied to the destination unless there is a request to read data from the clone.
Target tenant
The tenant on the local cluster to which you want to clone the snapshot.
Target Path
The local path on the target tenant where you want the clone to reside.
Click Create.
The clone is completed within a short time and becomes instantly available. The clone is manageable as a Global Snapshot Clone from the Global Snapshot Clones tab, and you can do the following actions:
Pause and resume background copying of data from the source snapshot to the clone (while it is in progress).
Stop the clone, while it is still in progress.
Remove the clone, when it is finished.
Cloning a Local Snapshot Using the VAST CLI
Use snapshot list to list local snapshots.
Use the snapshot clone command to create a clone.