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Deploy volume snapshot components

Volume Snapshot refers to the snapshot of a Persistent Volume (PV) at a specific point in time. If the cluster uses PVs that support snapshot functionality, the Volume Snapshot component can be deployed to enable the volume snapshot feature.

Currently, the platform only supports creating volume snapshots for PVCs that are dynamically created using StorageClasses. You can create new PVCs based on these snapshots.

Note: The supported access modes for creating PVC using snapshots are different from the supported access modes for creating PVC using StorageClasses. They are highlighted in bold in the table below.

StorageClasses for creating volume snapshots Single-node read-write (RWO) Multi-node read-only (ROX) Multi-node read-write (RWX)
TopoLVM Supported Not supported Not supported
CephRBD Block Storage Supported Not supported Not supported
CephFS File Storage Supported Supported Supported

Procedure of operation

  1. In the left navigation pane, click Storage > Volume Snapshots.

  2. Click on Quick Deployment to navigate to the cluster plugin.

  3. Click on the Snapshot Controller on the right side of > Deployments, wait a moment for the deployment to be successful.