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title: "Viewing Global Snapshot Clones"
slug: "viewing-global-snapshot-clones"
tags: ["5.3"]
updated: 2026-10-27T17:24:08Z
published: 2026-10-27T17:24:08Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/viewing-global-snapshot-clones"
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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Viewing Global Snapshot Clones

- [Viewing Global Snapshot Clones via VAST Web UI](/docs-5-3/docs/en/viewing-global-snapshot-clones#viewing-global-snapshot-clones-viavast-web-ui)
- [Viewing Global Snapshot Clones via VAST CLI](/docs-5-3/docs/en/viewing-global-snapshot-clones#viewing-global-snapshot-clones-viavast-cli)

## Viewing Global Snapshot Clones via VAST Web UI

- From the left navigation menu, select Data Protection and then Global Snapshot Clones.

The following information can be displayed for each global snapshot clone:

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| ID | The ID of the global snapshot clone. |
| --- | --- |
| Name | The name of the global snapshot clone. |
| Direction | The cloning direction: - SELF. Indicates that the source snapshot is on the same cluster as the clone. - SOURCE. Indicates that the local cluster is the source of the cloned snapshot and the target cluster is a remote peer. - DESTINATION. Indicates that the local cluster is the target cluster and the source cluster is a remote peer. |
| Target Cluster | The cluster on which the clone resides/will reside. |
| Target Tenant | The tenant on which the clone resides/will reside. |
| Target Path | The local path on the target tenant on which the clone resides/will reside. |
| Source Cluster | The cluster owning the cloned snapshot. |
| Source Path | The cloned path on the source cluster |
| Source Snapshot | The cloned snapshot of the source path. |
| Status | The status of the stream creating the clone. |
| Sync Progress | The progress of copying the snapshot data to the cloned directory, if *background sync* is enabled. |
| BW (Mb/s) | The bandwidth of the replication connection between peers, if applicable. |
| ETA | The estimated time for completing the creation of the global snapshot clone. |

## Viewing Global Snapshot Clones via VAST CLI

To view all global snapshot clones, run the [globalsnapshotclone list](/docs-5-3/docs/en/globalsnapshotclone-list) command. To view details of a specific global snapshot clone, run the [globalsnapshotclone show](/docs-5-3/docs/en/globalsnapshotclone-show) command.