---
title: "volume show"
slug: "volume-show"
tags: ["5.3"]
updated: 2026-10-27T17:25:00Z
published: 2026-10-27T17:25:00Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/volume-show"
---

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# volume show

This command displays the properties of a specified volume.

## Usage

```plaintext
volume show --id ID
```

## Required Parameters

| `--id ID` | Specifies which volume to display. |
| --- | --- |

## Example

```plaintext
vcli: admin> volume show --id 4
+---------------+--------------------------------------+
| Id            | 4                                    |
| View-id       | 12                                   |
| Name          | vol_2                                |
| Size(GB)      | 10.000                               |
| Tags          | {'team': 'platform', 'owner': 'DG'}  |
| Namespace-id  | 2                                    |
| Nguid         | 1533db2e-8c87-26d8-8069-510695bb6e51 |
| Uuid          | 1533db2e-8cd3-45d8-8069-510695bb6e51 |
| Capacity(GB)  | 0.055                                |
| Snapshot-data | {'id': None, 'name': 'N/A'}          |
| Tenant-name   | default                              |
| Is-monitored  | False                                |
+---------------+--------------------------------------+
```

## Command Output

| `Id` | The VMS ID of the volume. |
| --- | --- |
| `View-id` | The VMS ID of the subsystem view to which the volume belongs. |
| `Name` | The name of the volume. |
| `Size(GB)` | The amount of capacity allocated to the volume. |
| `Tags` | The tags assigned to the volume, if applicable. |
| `Namespace-id` | The namespace ID as used by hosts to search the volume within the subsystem. Each namespace ID is unique within the subsystem. If a volume snapshot is mapped to any host(s), a snapshot volume is created with its own namespace ID. |
| `Nguid` | The NGUID used by block hosts to access the volume. |
| `Uuid` | The UUID, used by hosts to search the volume in the subsystem. |
| `Capacity` | The amount of used logical capacity on the volume. |
| `Snapshot-data` | For snapshot volumes, the ID and name of the snapshot from which the volume was mapped. |
| `Tenant-name` | The name of the tenant to which the volume belongs. |
| `Is-monitored` | Indicates whether [live monitoring](/docs-5-3/docs/en/monitoring-views) is enabled for the volume. |