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title: "Viewing Snapshots"
slug: "viewing-snapshots"
updated: 2026-10-27T17:24:19Z
published: 2026-10-27T17:24:19Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/viewing-snapshots"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vastdata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Viewing Snapshots

In the left navigation menu, select Data Protection and then Snapshots.

The following information can be displayed for each snapshot:

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> To display or hide fields, click ![column_menu.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/89b91113-5dc6-49db-86ec-57b16dc8ce56/Images/Documentation/img-7f1bcc5ffaeed9cbf182efe768970783(116).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-08T09%3A50%3A44Z&se=2026-11-08T10%3A50%3A44Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=FFuuuwoVS7fNvVCtvZR0B6Ihv78PyLdabGC%2B8Ig4cT8%3D) to the right of a column title, and then click ![columns.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/89b91113-5dc6-49db-86ec-57b16dc8ce56/Images/Documentation/img-918b4797fca5961ded0a6026c39d1bb1(123).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-08T09%3A50%3A44Z&se=2026-11-08T10%3A50%3A44Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=FFuuuwoVS7fNvVCtvZR0B6Ihv78PyLdabGC%2B8Ig4cT8%3D) to open a dropdown where you can select or unselect fields.

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| ID | The ID of the snapshot. |
| Name | The name of the snapshot. |
| Path | The path that is captured by the snapshot. |
| Policy | The protection policy that created the snapshot. |
| Type | Possible values: - remote. The snapshot was replicated to the cluster from an async replication peer. A restore point for each remote snapshot can be viewed on the Restore Point tab of the source replication peer's VMS Web UI. - local. The snapshot was created on the cluster, due to a local protection policy or a local manual snapshot. |
| Indestructible | Reflects if the snapshot is [indestructible](/docs-5-3/docs/indestructible-backups) (Yes) or not (No). Indestructible Backups |
| Creation Time | The time the snapshot was created. |
| Expiration Time | The time the snapshot is scheduled to expire. |
| Aggregated Usage | An estimate of the amount of usable capacity that could be reclaimed by deleting the snapshot assuming that all snapshots on the same protected path that are older than the snapshot were already deleted. Note that if you have snapshots on multiple protected paths that are holding some of the same data, such as two snapshots on nested protected paths taken close in time, that data will *not* be counted as reclaimable by this estimation for any of the snapshots. Consider an example: Suppose there is a protected path on `/A/B` . A snapshot, which we will call 'X' was taken on the protected path when there was 1GB of data residing under the path. Suppose snapshot X is the only snapshot on `/A/B`. Snapshot X 's *Aggregated Usage* will be 1GB. Now suppose that there is also a protected path on `/A` which also has one snapshot ('Y') which was also taken at the same point in time as snapshot X. Snapshot Y protects the same 1GB of data from being deleted as snapshot X. In this case, deleting snapshot X would not reclaim any of the 1GB and therefore snapshot X's *Aggregated Usage* will be 0GB. *Aggregated Usage* for snapshot Y will also be 0GB unless `A/` is holding onto additional data, such as data under `A/C/`. |
| Unique Usage | An estimate of the amount of usable capacity that could be reclaimed by deleting the snapshot without deleting older snapshots on the same protected path. As with *Aggregated Usage*, this estimation takes into account any nested protected paths that may have snapshots on the same path, taken at the same time, holding the same data. The estimation will only show how much capacity should actually be freed by removing the specific snapshot without removing other protected paths or older snapshots on the same protected path. |
| Tenant | The tenant where the path and the snapshot reside. |