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Restore from Storage Snapshots

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Storage Type	Traditional LUN Cloning (No License)	FlexClone	SnapRestore	NDMP
Only one license is required
FC/iSCSI	Possible	Recommended	Not possible	Not possible
NFS	Not possible	Recommended	Limited usage. Veeam Backup & Replication transports all data before Instant VM Recovery, file-level restore or application item restore starts.***	Limited usage. Veeam Backup & Replication transports all data before Instant VM Recovery, file-level restore or application item restore starts.***
FC/iSCSI SnapMirror	Not used	Mandatory	Not possible	Not possible
FC/iSCSI SnapVault	Used for restore	Mandatory (used for rescan*)	Not possible	Not possible
NFS SnapMirror	Not possible	Recommended	Limited usage. Veeam Backup & Replication transports all data before Instant VM Recovery, file-level restore or application item restore starts.***	Limited usage. Veeam Backup & Replication transports all data before Instant VM Recovery, file-level restore or application item restore starts.***
Several licenses are used
NFS SnapVault	Not possible	For file-level restore and application item restore, Veeam Backup & Replication can use FlexClone**. For VM restore, Veeam Backup & Replication can use SnapRestore or NDMP (check columns on the right).	Limited usage. Veeam Backup & Replication transports all data before Instant VM Recovery, file-level restore or application item restore starts.***	Limited usage. Veeam Backup & Replication transports all data before Instant VM Recovery, file-level restore or application item restore starts.***

* Not used for restore operations due to NetApp SnapVault limitations.

** Can be used only for file-level restore. To enable restore, you can use registry keys. For more information, contact Veeam Support Team.

*** Veeam Backup & Replication copies VM files from the /vol/volname/VMFolder/ folder from the snapshot to the /vol/vvolname/Veeam_Restore_VMname/VMFolder/ folder, and restore wizards work with copied files.

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Storage Type	FlexClone	SnapRestore	No License
Primary Storage System
iSCSI/FC	Possible (preferred)	Possible	Not possible
NFS	Possible	Possible	Not possible
Secondary Storage System: NetApp SnapMirror and SnapVault
iSCSI/FC	Possible (mandatory)	Not possible	Not possible
NFS	Possible (mandatory)	Not possible	Not possible