Mounting a snapshot
Mounting a snapshot to a File Recovery Manager provides read access to all the data that is located in the mounted snapshot.
Unmount any mounted snapshot once there is no further need to keep it mounted. Mounted snapshots will not be purged by the Retention policy.
It is possible to run the mounting process against any OpenStack instance. During this process the instance is restarted.
Always mount snapshots to File Recovery Manager instances only.
There are 2 possibilities to mount a snapshot in Horizon.
Through the snapshot list
To mount a snapshot through the snapshot list follow these steps:
On the Horizon console, navigate to NBOS Backups > Policies.
Identify the policy that contains the snapshot to mount.
Click the policy name to enter the policy overview.
Navigate to the Snapshots tab.
Identify the searched snapshot in the snapshot list.
From the drop-down under Actions column, select .
Click .
Choose the File Recovery Manager instance to mount to.
Click to confirm.
Should all instances of the project be listed and there is a File Recovery Manager instance existing verify together with the administrator that the File Recovery Manager image has the following property set:
nbos_recovery_manager=yes
Through the File Search results
To mount a snapshot through the File Search results follow these steps:
On the Horizon console, navigate to NBOS Backups > Policies.
Identify the policy that contains the snapshot to mount.
Click the policy name to enter the policy overview.
Navigate to the File Search tab.
Do a File Search.
Identify the snapshot to be mounted.
Click for the chosen snapshot.
Choose the File Recovery Manager instance to mount to.
Click .
Should all instances of the project be listed and there is a File Recovery Manager instance existing verify together with the administrator that the File Recovery Manager image has the following property set:
nbos_recovery_manager=yes
nbosjm snapshot-mount <snapshot_id> <mount_vm_id>
<snapshot_id> ID of the snapshot to be mounted
<mount_vm_id> ID of the File Recovery Manager instance to mount the snapshot to.