AWS Storage Gateway - Viewing Volume Usage

AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Viewing Volume Usage
8. Choose Create volume. The Configure CHAP Authentication dialog box appears. You can configure
CHAP later. For information, see Configuring CHAP Authentication for Your iSCSI Targets (p. 377).
The next step is to connect your volume to your client. For more information, see Connecting Your
Volumes to Your Client (p. 65).
Creating a Recovery Snapshot
The following procedure shows you how to create a snapshot from a volume recovery point and using
that snapshot. You can take snapshots on a one-time, ad hoc basis or set up a snapshot schedule for the
volume.
To create and use a recovery snapshot of a volume from an unreachable gateway
1. Open the AWS Storage Gateway console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/storagegateway/home.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Gateways.
3. Choose the unreachable gateway, and then choose the Details tab.
A recovery snapshot message is displayed in the tab.
4. Choose Create recovery snapshot to open the Create recovery snapshot dialog box.
5. From the list of volumes displayed, choose the volume you want to recover, and then choose Create
snapshots.
AWS Storage Gateway initiates the snapshot process.
6. Find and restore the snapshot.
Viewing Volume Usage
When you write data to a volume, you can view the amount of data stored on the volume in the AWS
Storage Gateway Management Console. The Details tab for each volume shows the volume usage
information.
To view amount of data written to a volume
1. Open the AWS Storage Gateway console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/storagegateway/home.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Volumes and then choose the volume you are interested in.
3. Choose the Details tab.
The following fields provide information about the volume:
• Size: The total capacity of the selected volume.
• Used: The size of data stored on the volume.
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