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Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Administrator’s Guide

Rolling back a virtual volume

You can replace the data of a source volume or virtual snapshot with the data of a snapshot that was created from it.

CAUTION:When you perform a rollback, the data that existed on the volume is replaced by the data on the snapshot. All data on the volume written since the snapshot was created is lost. As a precaution, create a snapshot of the volume before starting a rollback.

Only one rollback is allowed on the same volume at one time. Additional rollbacks are queued until the current rollback is complete. However, after the rollback is requested, the volume is available for use as if the rollback has already completed.

For volumes and snapshots, if the contents of the selected snapshot have changed since it was created, the modified contents will overwrite those of the source volume or snapshot during the rollback. Since virtual snapshots are copies of a point in time, they cannot be reverted. If you want a snapshot to provide the capability to “revert” the contents of the source volume or snapshot to when the snapshot was created, create a snapshot for this purpose and archive it so you do not change the contents.

To see more information about a volume, hover the cursor over the volume in the table. See Viewing volumes for more information about the Volume Information panel that appears.


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