Restore a snapshot on Cloud VPS

This guide explains how to restore a snapshot of Infomaniak's Cloud VPS.

Depending on the installed operating system, the system volume may be named /dev/vda or /dev/sda; likewise for the data volume /dev/vdb or /dev/sdb! Therefore, you should replace these indications with those corresponding to your situation.

Restore a Snapshot

To do this:

Log in to the Infomaniak Manager (manager.infomaniak.com) from a web browser like Brave or Firefox
Click on the ‍ icon at the top right of the interface (or navigate through the left sidebar menu, for example)
Select Cloud VPS (in the Cloud Computing universe)
Click on the name of the relevant object in the displayed table
Click on Snapshot in the left sidebar menu
Click on the action menu ⋮ to the right of the relevant object in the displayed table
Click on Restore
Click the blue button to start the snapshot restoration process
An email is sent when the snapshot is restored

Restore the Operating System Disk

Restoring the system volume, as in the example above, is an irreversible operation. The operating system disk will be replaced by the snapshot, and the server will return to the exact state at the time of the backup.

Data stored on the data volume (vdb) is not affected by this operation.

Restore the Data Disk (vdb)

Two data restoration modes are possible:

1. "Read-only" Mode

If the snapshot size differs from the volume size, only this read-only mode is available.

This option allows you to mount the snapshot data image, providing read-only access to the backup data.

For reference, here are useful commands for utilizing your backup:

To access the main data volume: mount /dev/vdb /mnt/
To mount the data volume in a specific "backup" folder: mount -o nouuid -o ro,norecovery /dev/vdc /backup

To find out which letter to use (/dev/vd?), you can use the lsblk command:

2. "Restoration" Mode

Restoring the data volume is an irreversible operation. The data disk (vdb) will be replaced by the snapshot. After restoration, it will be necessary to remount the data volume to refresh your operating system's content.

The following procedure and commands are provided for reference only:

Ensure that your data volume is not mounted:
umount /mnt (/mnt or the location you had chosen to access your data)
Remount the data volume:
mount /dev/(vdb) /mnt

To determine the name of the data volume attached to your server, you can use the lsblk command (see above).

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