Choose the copy from which you wish to recover or retrieve.
Restore from copy precedence
When selected, the system retrieves the data from the storage policy copy with the specified copy precedence number. If data does not exist in the specified copy, the operation fails even if the data exists in another copy of the same storage policy.
When cleared, (or by default) the system retrieves data from the storage policy copy with the lowest copy precedence. If the data was pruned from the primary copy, the system automatically retrieves the data from the other copies of the storage policy starting with the copy with the lowest copy precedence and proceeding through the copies with higher copy precedence. Once the data is found, it is retrieved, and no further copies are checked.
The table displays the storage policy and the storage policy copies corresponding to the copy precedence number.
Copy Precedence
Specifies the precedence number with which the system recovers or retrieves data from the copy.
