Attach a Snapshot/Backup to your Server
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Onidel enables you to temporarily attach a backup or snapshot (volume) to your server as an individual disk. This allows you to access and recover specific files from the volume without requiring a full restore.
There are several places that you can attach a volume:
In the Snapshots tab and Backups tab in the VM management page.
In the Orchestration > Snapshots and Orchestration > Backup page.
You will see the Attach button on each volume:
Click on the Attach button, and choose the instance that you want to attach the volume to. You can only attach the volume to the instance that is in the same DC.
Instances with attached volumes cannot be backed up or snapshotted. Please detach the volume once you have finished using it.
Windows is currently not supported. Mounted volumes will be unusable.
Log in to your server using SSH and run the following command to list the block devices:
This will display the attached disks. The newly attached disk (usually vdb) should appear in the list:
To mount the disk or a specific partition, use the following command:
You can now access or copy the backup files from the /mnt directory.
The attached volume is shown in Storage section:
Click Detach and then confirm to detach the volume from the instance.
