Restoring a subset of data
You can restore a subset of data from a backup while it is being restored to a new volume on second-generation file systems without having to wait until the entire backup data set has been fully restored.
The following procedure lists the steps to take when you need to recover a subset of data when restoring a backup, and can't wait for the entire restore to complete:
To restore a subset of data while restoring a backup
Open the Amazon FSx console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/fsx/
. In the Backups page, locate the backup that contains the version of the data that you want to restore.
In the upper right Actions menu, choose Restore backup. The Create volume from backup page appears.
Choose the FSx for ONTAP File system and Storage virtual machine that you want to restore the backup to from the dropdown menus.
Under Volume details, configure the volume to meet your needs.
Choose Confirm to create the volume.
Monitor the progress of the backup restore.
Mount the volume being restored when it reports a lifecycle status of
CREATED.Locate the subset of the data on the volume you need to copy.
Copy the data to the existing volume that your application uses.
Once the required data from the backup has been copied over to the target location, you can delete the volume being restored before it completes to optimize utilization of file system resources.
