The snapdrive snap restore command restores data from the Snapshot copy you specify at the command prompt to the storage system. This operation replaces the contents of the file_spec arguments (for example disk groups, NFS files, NFS directory trees, file systems created directly on LUNs) that you specified on the snapdrive snap restore command with the contents of the file_spec arguments located in the specified Snapshot copy.

You can also restore Snapshot copies for non-existent file_spec arguments. This happens when the value you specify no longer exists on the host, but existed when you took the Snapshot copy. For example, it might be a file system that you have now unmounted or a disk group that you have removed.

Normally, you restore Snapshot copies from the host where you took the Snapshot copies (in other words, the originating host).