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Reverting a volume – QNAP TVS-472XT 4-Bay NAS Enclosure User Manual

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The volume must contain at least one snapshot.

3. Click Snapshot, and then select Snapshot Manager.

The Snapshot Manager window opens.

4. Select a snapshot.

5. Select the files and folders to be restored.

6. Perform one of the following actions.

Action

Description

Select Restore > Restore Files

Restore the files or folders to their original storage

location. If the files or folders still exists on the NAS,

then they will be overwritten with the older versions.

Warning

All changes made after the snapshot

was taken will be deleted.

Select Restore > Restore Files to

Choose one of the following restoration options.

• Restore the files or folders to a different location

on the NAS.

• Restore the files or folders to remote mounted

storage space.

• Restore a single shared folder as a new shared

folder.

In the menu bar, click

Download the files and folders to your computer in a

ZIP file.

QTS restores the files and folders then displays a confirmation message.

Reverting a Volume

Reverting restores a volume or LUN to the state at which the snapshot was taken. Restoring data using

snapshot revert is significantly faster than restoring individual files and folders.

1. Go to Storage & Snapshots > Storage > Storage/Snapshots .

2. Select a thick or thin volume.

Important

The volume must have at least one snapshot.

3. Click Snapshot, and then select Snapshot Manager.

The Snapshot Manager window opens.

4. Select a snapshot.

5. Click Revert Volume Snapshot.

Warning

All changes made after the snapshot was taken will be deleted.

6. Optional: Select Take a new snapshot before reverting.

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