VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide
Volume Tasks
Preparing to Restore a Volume From Backup
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Preparing to Restore a Volume From Backup
This procedure stops the volume, sets the volume to an uninitialized
state, and restarts the volume (without resynchronizing the volume’s
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. Thisprocedure isuseful for disaster recovery. Ifa
volume’s data 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
Step 1. Select the volume to be restored from backup.
Step 2. Choose Volumes > Prepare For Restore (Selected menu) or Volume
Prepare Restore (Command Launcher).
Step 3. Complete the Prepare Volume For Restore dialog box as follows:
When you have provided all necessary information in the dialog box,
click OK.
When you have completed this task, you can restore the volume’s data
from backup.
Volume(s): If the correct volume name is not already displayed in
this field, type the volume’s name or click Browse to
select the volume.
Notes:
• 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.