Which statement is true about the online state of the volume when using SnapRestore?

Which statement is true about the online state of the volume when using SnapRestore?

• A. The Volume Must Be Online
• B. The Volume Must Be Offline
• C. The Volume's Online State Is Irrelevant
• D. The Volume Must Be Offline During Restore

Answer: (C)

SnapRestore reverts a volume to the state captured in a Snapshot by applying the snapshot’s block pointers to the active volume. This is an in-place operation that uses the snapshot as the source of truth, so the active volume ends up matching the snapshot content. The key point here is that the volume does not need to be offline for SnapRestore to work. You can perform the restore while the volume is online, and the system will surface the restored state to clients as if you had restored to that point in time. In other words, the volume’s current online/offline state doesn’t affect the ability to perform the restore. After the restore, any changes that happened after the snapshot are effectively undone, since the volume now reflects the snapshot’s contents.

SnapRestore reverts a volume to the state captured in a Snapshot by applying the snapshot’s block pointers to the active volume. This is an in-place operation that uses the snapshot as the source of truth, so the active volume ends up matching the snapshot content.

The key point here is that the volume does not need to be offline for SnapRestore to work. You can perform the restore while the volume is online, and the system will surface the restored state to clients as if you had restored to that point in time. In other words, the volume’s current online/offline state doesn’t affect the ability to perform the restore.

After the restore, any changes that happened after the snapshot are effectively undone, since the volume now reflects the snapshot’s contents.