---
title: "volume show"
slug: "volume-show"
tags: ["5.5"]
updated: 2026-10-27T23:00:54Z
published: 2026-10-27T23:00:54Z
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                    | 15                                   |
| Name                       | vol_5                   |
| Size(GB)                   | 10.000                               |
| Tags                       | {}                                   |
| Namespace-id               | 5                                    |
| Nguid                      | a67e4651-3904-46c2-8c87-267cad025ddd |
| Uuid                       | a67e4651-3904-46c2-af6f-4c7cad025ddd |
| Logical Capacity(GB)       | 0.083                                |
| Snapshot-data              | {'id': None, 'name': 'N/A'}          |
| Tenant-name                | default                              |
| Mapped-block-hosts-preview | comet_host                           |
| Mapped-block-host-count    | None                                 |
| Qos-policy-id              | None                                 |
| 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. |
| `Qos-policy-id` | The ID of the QoS policy assigned to the volume. |
| `Is-monitored` | Indicates whether live monitoring is enabled for the volume. |