Restore a snapshot operation

Use this operation to restore a specified snapshot for a specified IBM Storage Scale file system.

Before you begin

Prior to performing this restore operation, unmount the file system from all nodes in the cluster, otherwise the restore operation will fail to complete successfully.

Procedure

  1. Expand the Create and Manage Snapshots section of the GPFS_Manager operations.
  2. Expand the Restore a snapshot node.
  3. In the Snapshot name field, specify the name of the snapshot to restore.
  4. In the File system name field, specify the name of the IBM Storage Scale file system to which this operation applies.
  5. Click Submit.
  6. Click Confirm when asked to validate your request.

Results

When you run this operation, a new entry is displayed under the Operation Execution Results list, with the name Restore a snapshot. When completed, the status of the operation changes from Active to Done, and the Return Value column displays the result of the operation, similar to the following example:

GPFS-Manager.11403015464726.GPFS_Manager: Success calling restoreSnapshot with
snapshotName srt_snapshot1 for file system srt_filesys1