About this task

This task restores a volume from one of its snapshots.

Restoring relations among the volume and its descendants

• The volume and it snapshots form an ancestry tree. Within the tree, the volume can be restored from each of its snapshots. 

Prerequisites

• A volume
• A snapshot of this volume (located anywhere on the volume tree)

Before you begin

1. Access the volume from the Volumes & FS screen. 
2. Select a volume.
3. In the Snapshots tab, expand the view to see the volume snapshots.

Instructions

1. Select a snapshot and select Restore from this Snapshot from the Actions menu.
   The Restore from Snapshot screen opens.
2. Select which ancestor of the snapshot to restore.
3. Click Restore.
   The selected volume is restored from the snapshot.

Related InfiniShell commands

Modifying the volume attributes using InfiniShell is available via the following commands:

• vol.restore - restores a volume from one of its snapshots