You can restore overwritten or deleted files, directories, or an entire volume from a Snapshot copy by using the restore feature on the Volume / Health details page.
You must have the Application Administrator or Storage Administrator role.
You cannot restore NTFS file streams.
The restore option is not available when:
- The volume ID is unknown: for example, when you have an intercluster relationship and the destination cluster has not yet been discovered.
- The volume is configured for SnapMirror Synchronous replication.
- In the Protection tab of the Volume / Health details page, right-click in the topology view the name of the volume that you want to restore.
- Select Restore from the menu.
Alternatively, select Restore from the Actions menu to protect the current volume for which you are viewing the details.
The Restore dialog box is displayed.
- Select the volume and Snapshot copy from which you want to restore data, if different from the default.
- Select the items you want to restore.
You can restore the entire volume, or you can specify folders and files you want to restore.
- Select the location to which you want the selected items restored: either Original Location or Alternate Existing Location.
- If you select an alternate existing location, do one of the following:
- In the Restore Path text field, type the path of the location to which you want to restore the data and then click Select Directory.
- Click Browse to launch the Browse Directories dialog box and complete the following steps:
- Select the cluster, SVM, and volume to which you want to restore.
- In the Name table, select a directory name.
- Click Select Directory.
- Click Restore.
The restore process begins.