Instant Restore From Snapclones; Instant Restore From Snapshots; Instant Restore - HP 418800-B21 - StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 70 Storage Enclosure User Manual

Scenario, restoring from "the most recent"
1.
Create a mirrorclone of the disk to be restored at some future date. Procedure.
2. Leave the mirrorclone in a synchronized state with its source. The mirrorclone always contains
the most recent data.
3. When necessary to restore the disk, fracture its mirrorclone.
4. When a restore is required, restore the disk from its mirrorclone. Procedure.

Instant restore from snapclones

This feature allows you to restore data on a virtual disk with data from one of its snapclones. For example,
restore the virtual disk named sales_db with the data from it's snapclone sales_db_backup.
sales_db
disk being restored
See also, instant restore overview (virtual
Scenario, restoring from "planned points-in-time"
1. At the points-in-time you want (for example, daily), create snapclones or preallocated snapclones
of the disk. The snapclones contain point-in-time data. Procedures:
creating preallocated
2. When necessary, restore the disk from an appropriate snapclone. Procedure.

Instant restore from snapshots

This feature allows you to restore data on a virtual disk with data from one of its snapshots. For example,
restore the virtual disk named sales_db with the data from one of its snapshots sales_db_backup_B.
sales_db
disk being restored
See also, instant restore overview (virtual
Scenario, restoring from "planned points-in-time"
1. At the points-in-time you want (for example, daily), create snapshots or preallocated snapshots
of the disk. The snapshots contain point-in-time data. Procedures:
creating preallocated
2.
When necessary, restore the disk from an appropriate snapshot. Procedure.

Instant restore

The instant restore feature in the replication manager uses snapclone replication to copy the contents
of a virtual disk to a like-sized container. The container is then converted to a virtual disk. See
instantly restoring
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sales_db_backup
replica to restore from
disks).
snapclones.
sales_db_backup_C
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sales_db_backup_B
sales_db_backup_B
replicas to restore from
disks).
snapshots.
disks.
Procedure
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(snapshots)
HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager 4.0.1
creating snapclones and
creating snapshots and
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