diff --git a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
index 070c117c7e3..2c71f8712cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 > Users must be able to say: “Nice enhancement, I'm eager to test it”
 
+- [SR/Disks] Display information if the VDI is an empty metadata snapshot (PR [#7970](https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/pull/7970))
 - **XO 6**:
   - [Dashboard] Display backup issues data (PR [#7974](https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/pull/7974))
 
@@ -39,6 +40,6 @@
 - @xen-orchestra/lite minor
 - @xen-orchestra/web minor
 - @xen-orchestra/web-core minor
-- xo-web patch
+- xo-web minor
 
 <!--packages-end-->
diff --git a/packages/xo-web/src/common/intl/messages.js b/packages/xo-web/src/common/intl/messages.js
index 1964b9a654e..da4d5756fbe 100644
--- a/packages/xo-web/src/common/intl/messages.js
+++ b/packages/xo-web/src/common/intl/messages.js
@@ -905,6 +905,7 @@ const messages = {
   srReclaimSpaceNotSupported: 'Space reclaim not supported. Only supported on block based/LVM based SRs.',
 
   // ----- SR disks tab -----
+  isMetadataVdi: 'This snapshot has been purged of its data. It only contains the metadata and changed blocks.',
   multipleActiveVdis: '{firstVdi} and {nVdis} more',
   noActiveVdi: 'No active VDI',
 
diff --git a/packages/xo-web/src/xo-app/sr/tab-disks.js b/packages/xo-web/src/xo-app/sr/tab-disks.js
index 9c2e3f46468..ce27a7a4e00 100644
--- a/packages/xo-web/src/xo-app/sr/tab-disks.js
+++ b/packages/xo-web/src/xo-app/sr/tab-disks.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
 import React from 'react'
 import SortedTable from 'sorted-table'
 import TabButton from 'tab-button'
+import Tooltip from 'tooltip'
 import renderXoItem, { Vdi, Vm } from 'render-xo-item'
 import { confirm } from 'modal'
 import { injectIntl } from 'react-intl'
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ const COLUMNS = [
     name: _('vdiNameLabel'),
     itemRenderer: (vdi, { vdisByBaseCopy }) => {
       const activeVdis = vdisByBaseCopy[vdi.id]
+      const isMetadataVdi = vdi.VDI_type === 'cbt_metadata'
       return (
         <span>
           <Text value={vdi.name_label} onChange={value => editVdi(vdi, { name_label: value })} />{' '}
@@ -54,6 +56,13 @@ const COLUMNS = [
               <Icon icon='vm-snapshot' />
             </span>
           )}
+          {isMetadataVdi && (
+            <span className='tag tag-info' style={{ marginLeft: '0.4em' }}>
+              <Tooltip content={_('isMetadataVdi')}>
+                <Icon icon='file' />
+              </Tooltip>
+            </span>
+          )}
           {vdi.type === 'VDI-unmanaged' &&
             (activeVdis !== undefined ? (
               <span>