Cloning or restoring a Volume Set

Use the Actions menu in Volumes screen (HPE Recovery Manager Central > Volumes).

Prerequisites

Before restoring the unrestricted HPE Nimble Storage volumes, detach the Volume Sets.

Procedure
  1. Click HPE Recovery Manager Central > Volumes.
  2. In the Volumes screen, click the Volume Set that you want to clone or restore.
  3. From the Actions menu, click Clone / Restore.
  4. Select one of the following options and then click Next:
    • Virtual Clone from a new Snapshot — A new snapshot is created and is then cloned.
    • Virtual Clone from an existing Copy — An existing snapshot is cloned.
    • Physical Clone — Data is restored to a new volume.
    • Restore — Data is restored to the parent volume. The selected Snapshot or backup Copy overwrites the existing data.
  5. Perform the corresponding steps based on your selection in the Clone/Restore screen.
    NOTE:

    If a snapshot has the expiry set and is used as candidate for creating clones, the created clone does not inherit the expiry set on the parent snapshot. The parent snapshot exists as long as the clone is present.

  6. For Virtual Clone from a new Snapshot, specify a name for the Snapshot and then click Clone.
  7. For Virtual Clone from an existing Copy:
    1. Pick a date (color coded) from the calendar that contains the copies summary for a selected month.
    2. Select a copy from the list of available copies for the selected date in the Copies for clone. You can use the First, Previous, Next, and Last buttons to navigate among pages that contain the Copies for clone list.
    3. Select the restore type:
      • Auto: RMC looks for a reference Snapshot. If the latest reference Snapshot is available, an express restore is performed. Else, a full restore is performed.

      • Full: Copies all the data from a backup Copy to a volume or a Snapshot.

      • Express: The express restore uses a reference Snapshot from a previous backup to determine the target and overwrites only the blocks that are different.

    4. Click Clone.
  8. For Physical Clone:
    1. Pick a date (color coded) from the calendar that contains the copies summary for a selected month.
    2. Select a copy from the list of available copies for the selected date in the Copies for clone section. You can use the First, Previous, Next, and Last buttons to navigate among pages that contain the Copies for clone list.
    3. For backup Copies, click Select and then select a Volume to which you want to restore data.
    4. Click Clone.
  9. For Restore:
    1. Pick a date (color coded) from the calendar that contains the copies summary for a selected month.
    2. Select a copy from the list of available copies for the selected date in the Copies for clone section and then click Next. You can use the First, Previous, Next, and Last buttons to navigate among pages that contain the Copies for clone list.
    3. Select the Volumes from which you want to restore data and then click Restore.