3.9.5.3 Restore a Volume Backup

A volume backup is a backup of an Exascale volume snapshot, which provides a consistent point-in-time copy of the volume. Exascale volume backups are stored in an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) object storage container that is associated with the Exascale cluster.

You can restore a volume backup into a new volume. When you restore a volume backup, the restored volume is separate from the volume backup and the original backup source volume. There is no on-going association between a restored volume and the volume backup or the original backup source volume.

To restore a volume backup, use the ESCLI mkvolume command and specify:

• The volume backup identifier to use as the source for the new volume. You can use the lsvolumebackup command to find the identifier for each volume backup.

• The vault that hosts the new volume.

For example:

@> mkvolume --attributes volumeBackup=2b1:7476692b2499488794951dfe59606e1b,vault=myvault

In the example, the volume backup identifier is 2b1:7476692b2499488794951dfe59606e1b and the vault that hosts the restored volume is myvault.

The command completes at the beginning of the restore operation, which may take some time to complete. See Monitor the Progress of a Volume Backup or Restore.