Snapshot copies enable system administrators and end users to perform important tasks in backup and recovery.
Snapshot copies enable system administrators to perform the following tasks:
- Create instantaneous backups
- Create a clone of a FlexVol volume
- Create a clone of a Data ONTAP LUN
For information about cloning a Data ONTAP LUN, see the Data ONTAP Block Access Management Guide for iSCSI and FC.
For information about cloning a FlexVol
volume, see the Data ONTAP Storage Management Guide.
Snapshot copies enable end users to do the following:
- Recover older versions or sets of files that were accidentally changed or
deleted
- Restore their own files without needing a system administrator to restore
files from tape
