diff --git a/utils/ybdbid/snapshot_id.go b/utils/ybdbid/snapshot_id.go
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+++ b/utils/ybdbid/snapshot_id.go
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+package ybdbid
+
+/**
+	https://yugabyte-db.slack.com/archives/CG0KQF0GG/p1644257955047349?thread_ts=1643868640.696389&cid=CG0KQF0GG
+	------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	Please interpret the resp.snapshot_id() as an array of 16 bytes. And nothing more. (Not md5/base64/etc.)
+	16 bytes. Each byte value is in: 0x00 - 0xFF range.
+
+	In C++ code the decoding only checks the string size and do memcpy:
+
+	Uuid Uuid::TryFullyDecode(const Slice& slice) {
+		if (slice.size() != boost::uuids::uuid::static_size()) {
+			return Uuid::Nil();
+  		}
+  		Uuid id;
+  		memcpy(id.data(), slice.data(), boost::uuids::uuid::static_size());
+  		return id;
+	}
+
+	https://yugabyte-db.slack.com/archives/CG0KQF0GG/p1644258454859919?thread_ts=1643868640.696389&cid=CG0KQF0GG
+	------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	Just because the Snapshot ID for non-transaction-aware-snapshot (old snapshot when
+	"transaction_aware=false" - not used now) was passed  through the same PB field. So, in the code
+	"32-bytes string" = old non-transactional snapshot UUID as a string. "16 bytes" = new transactional snapshot
+	id in binary form. So.. two-in-one.. it's the reason of the complexity. Sorry.
+	As the old (non-transactional) snapshots are not used more, you can always expect the 16 bytes.
+	The case is only for Snapshot ID.
+	Namespace/Table/Tablet ID is a UUID in simple string form. No such complexities.
+**/
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// SnapshotID represents a parsed YugabyteDB snapshot ID.
+type SnapshotID interface {
+	Bytes() []byte
+	String() string
+	UUID() uuid.UUID
+}
+
+type defaultSnapshotID struct {
+	bytes []byte
+	str   string
+	uuuid uuid.UUID
+}
+
+func (id *defaultSnapshotID) Bytes() []byte {
+	return id.bytes
+}
+
+func (id *defaultSnapshotID) String() string {
+	return id.str
+}
+
+func (id *defaultSnapshotID) UUID() uuid.UUID {
+	return id.uuuid
+}
+
+// TryParseSnapshotIDFromBytes attempts to parse input bytes received
+// from the protobuf API as a YugabyteDB snapshot ID.
+func TryParseSnapshotIDFromBytes(input []byte) (SnapshotID, error) {
+
+	if len(input) != 16 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("snapshot ID: input must be 16 bytes long")
+	}
+
+	aUUID := uuid.New()
+	if err := aUUID.UnmarshalBinary(input); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	output := &defaultSnapshotID{
+		bytes: make([]byte, len(input)),
+		str:   aUUID.String(),
+		uuuid: aUUID,
+	}
+	copy(output.bytes, input)
+	return output, nil
+}
+
+// TryParseSnapshotIDFromString attempts to parse input string as a YugabyteDB
+// snapshot ID. Input string must be a UUIDv4 string.
+func TryParseSnapshotIDFromString(input string) (SnapshotID, error) {
+
+	switch len(input) {
+	// xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
+	case 36:
+	// urn:uuid:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
+	case 36 + 9:
+		if strings.ToLower(input[:9]) != "urn:uuid:" {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("snapshot ID: invalid urn prefix: %q", input[:9])
+		}
+	// {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}
+	case 36 + 2:
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("snapshot ID: invalid snapshot ID input")
+	}
+
+	// if failed, it could be a UUID string, can we parse it as such?
+	aUUID, err := uuid.Parse(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		// no, it's neither base64 encoded, nor looks like UUID:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("snapshot ID: input '%s' is not a valid YugabyteDB snapshot ID input", input)
+	}
+
+	// it parsed as UUID, we need the bytes too:
+	bys, err := aUUID.MarshalBinary()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("snapshot ID: input '%s' is a UUID but could not be marshaled", input)
+	}
+
+	output := &defaultSnapshotID{
+		bytes: make([]byte, len(bys)),
+		str:   aUUID.String(),
+		uuuid: aUUID,
+	}
+	copy(output.bytes, bys)
+	return output, nil
+}
+diff --git a/utils/ybdbid/snapshot_id_test.go b/utils/ybdbid/snapshot_id_test.go
diff --git a/utils/ybdbid/snapshot_id_test.go b/utils/ybdbid/snapshot_id_test.go
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/utils/ybdbid/snapshot_id_test.go
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+package ybdbid
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestSnapshotIDParsing(t *testing.T) {
+
+	t.Run("it=parses UUID formatted input and back", func(tt *testing.T) {
+
+		validYBDBID := "dfec75ee-290e-4f3b-b965-469a0246c133"
+		parsed, err := TryParseSnapshotIDFromString(validYBDBID)
+		assert.Nil(tt, err)
+		assert.Equal(tt, len(parsed.Bytes()), 16)
+
+		parsedBackViaBytes, err := TryParseSnapshotIDFromBytes(parsed.Bytes())
+		assert.Nil(tt, err)
+		assert.Equal(tt, parsed.String(), parsedBackViaBytes.String())
+
+		parsedBackViaString, err := TryParseSnapshotIDFromString(parsed.String())
+		assert.Nil(tt, err)
+		assert.Equal(tt, parsed.String(), parsedBackViaString.String())
+
+	})
+
+	t.Run("it=handles non-UUID input", func(tt *testing.T) {
+		invalidYBDBID := "dfec75ee-290e-4f3b---b965-469a0246c133"
+		parsed, err := TryParseSnapshotIDFromString(invalidYBDBID)
+		assert.NotNil(tt, err)
+		assert.Nil(tt, parsed)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("it=handles null byte input", func(tt *testing.T) {
+		parsed, err := TryParseFromBytes(nil)
+		assert.NotNil(tt, err)
+		assert.Nil(tt, parsed)
+	})
+
+}
+