CLI and REST API report different Snapshot size values
Applies to
Issue
The size value displayed by the snapshot show command does not match the size or logical_size values shown by the REST API (GET /api/storage/volumes/*/snapshots).
- CLI:
ontap916::> snapshot show -vserver svm1_ontap916 -volume voltest1 -snapshot hourly.2025-08-13_1305
Vserver: svm1_ontap916
Volume: voltest1
cp Count (for sorting): 10671
Snapshot: hourly.2025-08-13_1305
Creation Time: Wed Aug 13 13:05:00 2025
Snapshot Busy: false
List of Owners: -
Snapshot Size: 160KB
Percentage of Total Blocks: 0%
Percentage of Used Blocks: 16%
Comment: -
7-Mode Snapshot: false
Label for SnapMirror Operations: -
Snapshot State: -
Constituent Snapshot: false
Expiry Time: -
SnapLock Expiry Time: -
Has the SnapLock Snapshot Expired: -
Seconds until the SnapLock Snapshot Expiry: -
- API:
curl -X GET "https://10.128.242.60/api/storage/volumes/aa03b8a6-0b82-11f0-94a6-005056b0330a/snapshots/55a83a9f-bed1-4b46-aa83-70fbb47aefb9" -H "accept: application/json" -H "authorization: Basic YWRtaW46UEBzc3cwcmQ="
Request URL
https://10.128.242.60/api/storage/volumes/aa03b8a6-0b82-11f0-94a6-005056b0330a/snapshots/55a83a9f-bed1-4b46-aa83-70fbb47aefb9
{
"volume": {
"uuid": "aa03b8a6-0b82-11f0-94a6-005056b0330a",
"name": "voltest1"
},
"uuid": "55a83a9f-bed1-4b46-aa83-70fbb47aefb9",
"svm": {
"uuid": "b1096c5d-c77b-11ef-b722-005056b0330a",
"name": "svm1_ontap916"
},
"name": "hourly.2025-08-13_1305",
"create_time": "2025-08-13T13:05:00+09:00",
"size": 634880,
"version_uuid": "55a83a9f-bed1-4b46-aa83-70fbb47aefb9",
"provenance_volume": {
"uuid": "aa03b8a6-0b82-11f0-94a6-005056b0330a"
},
"logical_size": 1078611968,
"compress_savings": 0,
"dedup_savings": 0,
"vbn0_savings": 0