Comments on: Full VM Recovery with NetApp Snapshots http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/08/full-vm-recovery-with-netapp-snapshots/ The weblog of an IT pro specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: slowe http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/08/full-vm-recovery-with-netapp-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-33717 slowe Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:17:43 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/08/full-vm-recovery-with-netapp-snapshots/#comment-33717 Nick, You're right, of course--I had forgotten about SnapRestore. File-level restores are one of the reasons SnapRestore is so useful. Thanks for keeping me straight! Nick,

You’re right, of course–I had forgotten about SnapRestore. File-level restores are one of the reasons SnapRestore is so useful. Thanks for keeping me straight!

]]> By: Nick Triantos http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/08/full-vm-recovery-with-netapp-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-33711 Nick Triantos Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:34:07 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/10/08/full-vm-recovery-with-netapp-snapshots/#comment-33711 Hi Scott, When using NFS to recover a VMDK you don't have to manually copy files from the snapshot. You can use single file snap restore from the array Power down the VM Rename the VMDK files: mv Go to the FAS console Pick a snapshot and restore the vmdk Snapshot snap restore –t file -s Restart VM Delete the previously renamed VMDK file(s) Hi Scott,

When using NFS to recover a VMDK you don’t have to manually copy files from the snapshot. You can use single file snap restore from the array

Power down the VM
Rename the VMDK files: mv
Go to the FAS console
Pick a snapshot and restore the vmdk Snapshot

snap restore –t file -s

Restart VM

Delete the previously renamed VMDK file(s)

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