Hello,  Q1:  Correct, using the array to restore a volume, restores the entire volume back to the point in time the snapshot is taken.  This isn't something you typically do.   When you mount the snapshot, there's no default interaction with the OS.  As far as the OS is concerned this is another distinct disk.  You can then copy back any files you like or just compare them.  Q2:  No, there's no way to select certain files.  The EQL array doesn't see "files".  Just blocks of data being modified.  We track those block changes.  Regards, 
I'm testing snapshots for Windows terminal server data volumes.  Right now, it's every 2 hours from 6am to 6pm, keep 12 so I can go back a couple of days and retrieve individual files if a server goes haywire while users are working. I have a couple of questions. - According to the snapshot best practices doc, "When a volume is restored from snapshot, Group Manager sets the base volume and snapshot offline for the array and, by default, returns the volume back online when completed." That's just when restoring an entire volume, right? In my case, I'm snapping volumes from several terminal servers, but when restoring a file I'm connecting to the snapshot from a backup server. The original volume appears to be unaffected by this, but I want to make sure I'm not missing something. - There isn't a way to specify file criteria for the snapshots, correct? There are some large data files that get created by users that don't need to be created in the snapshot. Thanks.
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