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Preparing to Restore a Volume From Backup

The Volume Prepare Restore procedure stops the volume, sets the volume to an uninitialized state, and restarts the volume (without resynchronizing the volume mirrors). The volume can then be reloaded from backup.

This procedure is intended for raw image backups and is not appropriate for file system backups. This procedure is useful for disaster recovery. If the data on a volume is corrupted and you know that you need to restore the volume from backup, you can use this procedure to prepare the volume for restoration.

 
   To prepare a volume for a restore from backup

  1. Select the volume to be restored from backup.
  2. Choose Volumes > Prepare For Restore.
  3. Complete the Prepare Volume For Restore dialog box as follows:

    Volume(s):

    If the correct volume name does not already display in this field, enter the volume name.


  4. After you have provided all necessary information in the dialog box, click OK. After you have completed this task, you can restore the volume data from backup.

    Note:
    • If the volume contains a mounted file system, the file system must be unmounted before this task can proceed. This task does not remount the file system.


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