VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 User's Guide - VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (June 2002)

Chapter 4, Volume Tasks 105
Preparing to Restore a Volume From Backup
Aborting a Snapshot
The volume Snap Abort procedure allows you to abort the snapshot procedure before it
completes. If you have started the procedure, through Snap Start, but have not yet
clicked on Snap Shot to complete the procedure, you can select Snap Abort to abort the
procedure.
▼ To abort a snapshot operation begun with snap start, do the following:
1. Right-click on the volume that you want to abort the snapshot operation on.
A context menu is displayed.
2. Select Snap > Snap Abort.
A message box is displayed asking you to confirm the snap abort operation for the
specified volume.
3. Click OK.
The snapshot process is aborted.
Preparing to Restore a Volume From Backup
The Volume Prepare Restore procedure stops the volume, sets the volume to an
uninitializedstate, andrestartsthe volume(without resynchronizingthe volumemirrors).
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.