Restore Data From a Datastore Snapshot

You can restore data from a datastore snapshot in the vSphere Client with the Oracle vSphere Plug-In for Oracle Flash Storage Systems.

Prerequisite:: No Clone LUNs of the snapshot are associated with the datastore to be restored. If any Clone LUNs of the snapshot are detected on the datastore, a warning message displays, instructing you to try with a different datastore.

Restoring data from a datastore snapshot creates a recovery datastore where data from a point of time in the past can be accessed.

In vSphere, select Datastores and Datastore Clusters.
In the vSphere inventory tree, select the datastore to which you want to restore data.
This datastore must contain LUNs only from a single Oracle FS System.
Right-click the datastore and select Manage Oracle FS Storage > Manage Snapshots.
Result:The Manage Snapshots page displays a list of the existing snapshots.
Provide authentication credentials for the Oracle FS System if you have not already provided them.
From the listed snapshots, select the snapshot you want to recover and then click Recover Snapshot.
Result:The names of the Clone LUNs in the snapshot appear in the Clone LUN Name column.
Enter a name for the new datastore where you can access the recovered snapshot in the Datastore Name field.
Select the Host Name and LUN Number from the drop-down lists.
Note: The LUN numbers listed are those available for the selected Oracle FS System host.
Select the Limit available LUN numbers to those not in use by ESX hosts option to further restrict this list to only those LUN numbers not in use by that host as an ESX host in the vSphere environment.

Selecting this option initiates a scan of the vSphere environment that might take several seconds to complete.
Click OK to create a datastore containing the data recovered from the snapshot.