You can browse and select a volume to restore from a snapshot copy. Note that the destination volume must be at least as large as the volume from which the data was backed up. This is true regardless of the amount of data that is actually restored.
If the size of the destination volume is bigger than the source volume, the file system size on the destination volume after the restore operation will be less than the actual device size. You must manually resize the file system on the destination volume.
Warning: Do not run a volume-level restore if the destination volume has operating system files. Volume-level restores overwrite the destination volume.
About This Task
When you perform a volume-level restore from the snapshot copy, the latest point-in-time snapshot is used for restore.
Before You Begin
Multinode restores are supported. For more information about multinode restores, see Using Multiple Nodes to Restore Data to NFS-Mounted File System with the Linux File System Agent.
Procedure
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From the CommCell Browser, expand Client Computers> Client > File System > Backup Set.
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Right-click the Subclient, and then click Browse and Restore.
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In the Browse and Restore Options dialog box, select the Volume Level Browse (Restore the disk image/volume) check box.
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On the Advanced Options tab, from the Use MediaAgent list, select the MediaAgent associated with the data you want to browse.
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Click View Content.
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Select the volumes to be restored, and then click Recover All Selected.
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In the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box, select the destination client from the Destination Client list.
Note: Volume-level restores are supported across only similar platforms.
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Under Restore Paths & Destinations, in the Source Volume column, click the source volume, and then click Browse to select the destination volume.
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Click Add and then click OK.
Result
For volume-level restores from the snapshot copy, the job status displayed in the Job Controller window shows as running, even though the job progress bar displays 100%. To view the total number of volumes that were restored, review the job details of the snapshot copy job.