You can use System Manager to restore a volume to a state recorded in a previously created Snapshot copy to retrieve lost information. When you restore a Snapshot copy, the restore operation overwrites the existing volume configuration. Any changes made to the data in the volume after the Snapshot copy was created are lost.
Before you begin
- The SnapRestore license must be installed on your system.
- If the FlexVol volume you want to restore contains a LUN, the LUN must be unmounted or unmapped.
- There must be enough available space for the restored volume.
- Users accessing the volume must be notified that you are going to revert a volume, and that the data from the selected Snapshot copy replaces the current data in the volume.
- If you are restoring an Infinite Volume, the Snapshot copy must be valid, and the Infinite Volume must be online.
About this task
- If the volume contains junction points to other volumes, the volumes mounted on these junction points will not be restored.
- For Infinite Volume, you must restore the entire volume. You cannot restore single files or parts of files.
- You cannot restore Snapshot copies for SnapLock Compliance volumes.
Steps
- Click the SVMs tab.
- Select the SVM, and then click Manage.
- Click the Volumes tab.
- Select the volume that you want to restore from a Snapshot copy.
- Click .
- Select the appropriate Snapshot copy, and then click Restore.
- Select the confirmation check box, and then click Restore.