A volume was accidentally deleted two hours ago by another administrator. No backups exist.
In this scenario, what do you do to restore the data?
A volume was accidentally deleted two hours ago by another administrator. No backups exist.
In this scenario, what do you do to restore the data?
When a volume is accidentally deleted, it moves to a partially deleted state and is retained in a recovery queue for a certain period (typically 12 hours) before being fully deleted. Therefore, you can use the volume recovery queue to restore the volume. This allows for recovery of the data even if no backups exist.
Volume recovery queue: A volume delete request against a volume that has type RW or DP (as seen in volume show command output) causes that volume to be moved to a partially deleted state. By default, it is retained in a recovery queue for at least 12 hours before being fully deleted.
[A] If you have accidently deleted one or more FlexVol volumes, you can use System Manager to recover these volumes. Beginning with ONTAP 9.8, you can also user System Manager to recover FlexGroup volumes. You can also delete the volumes permanently by purging the volumes. The volume retention time can be set on a storage VM level. By default, the volume retention time is set to 12 hours. https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/task_admin_recover_deleted_volumes.html
[A] If you have accidently deleted one or more FlexVol volumes, you can use System Manager to recover these volumes. Beginning with ONTAP 9.8, you can also user System Manager to recover FlexGroup volumes. You can also delete the volumes permanently by purging the volumes. The volume retention time can be set on a storage VM level. By default, the volume retention time is set to 12 hours. https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/task_admin_recover_deleted_volumes.html
C - volume recovery queue - https://kb.netapp.com/onprem/ontap/os/How_to_use_the_Volume_Recovery_Queue