We’re excited to announce the private preview of selective file restore capability for Google Cloud NetApp Volumes Standard, Premium, and Extreme service levels. This powerful enhancement to our integrated backup functionality gives you control to achieve targeted data recovery.
Why use selective file restore?
Traditional restore workflows force users to recover the entire volume in order to access a handful of lost or corrupted files—a time-consuming and disruptive process. However, the objectives of a recovery workflow are more often driven by the precise need to recover only what is necessary, without the overhead of full-volume operations. The new NetApp Volumes selective file restore feature does exactly that, recovering one or several files directly from an in-region backup, without needing to restore the entire volume.
Key benefits
- Granular file recovery. Restore a single file or up to eight files in one restore job.
- Time savings. Bypass the tedious full-volume restore process for fast, efficient recovery from any accidental deletion or corruption.
- Operational simplicity. Specify source files and restore paths directly through the Google Cloud CLI or API to minimize risk and complexity.
How it works
Start with an in-region backup.
With selective file restore, users have the following options:
- Restore to the original directory in the source volume—in-place restore one file at a time.
- Restore to a different directory in the source volume, one to eight files at a time.
- Restore to a new volume, with a matching protocol, one to eight files at a time.
For example, suppose that you have a volume named sfr-demo-vol and a backup sfr-backup-1. If you want to restore a file 2.txt into a new directory sfr-restore-data on the same volume, just create the directory and run:
gcloud beta netapp volumes restore-backup-files sfr-demo-vol --location=<location> --project=<project_name> --backup=projects/<project_name>/locations/<location>/backupVaults/<vault_name>/backups/sfr-backup-1 --file-list=/2.txt --restore-destination-path=/sfr-restore-data
Tune in to this demo video for a first hand view https://media.netapp.com/video-detail/15c4d5e4-f1ac-5cfc-bc2e-0ec4d6128025/selective-file-restore-in-google-cloud-netapp-volumes.
Get started
Ready to try selective file restore? Contact your account team to be allow-listed for the private preview and start enjoying fast, efficient, and hassle-free granular restores today.
Stay tuned for more enhancements as we continue to add flexibility and power to Google Cloud NetApp Volumes!
