Using the VSS COW Restore Wizard
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Using the VSS COW Restore Wizard

Uses the snapshot volume in a snapshot set created by VSS COW snapshot to restore data, for example, after an original volume has become corrupted.

Note:

If a VMDg resource for a disk group on which the volume is created is present in a Failover Cluster, then before initiating the restore operation you must take the resource offline. If you fail to do so, the restore operation fails.

After the snapshot is restored, you must bring the resource online.

To restore a volume with COW snapshot

  1. Right-click a volume or a component of an application in the tree-view.
  2. Click COW > Restore in the context menu.
  3. In the wizard, review the Welcome page and click Next.
  4. Select the snapshot set XML metadata file to be used for this operation and click Next.

    The XML metadata file contains all the information that is required to restore the volume.

  5. In the Select Volumes window that appears, select the volumes that you want to restore.

    Highlight the volumes in the Available volumes pane and click Add. Your selected volumes should appear in the Selected volumes pane.

  6. Review the specifications of the snapshot set and click Finish.
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