Restoring backups - FSx for Lustre
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Restoring backups

You can use an available backup to create a new file system, effectively restoring a point-in-time snapshot of another file system. You can restore a backup using the console, Amazon CLI, or one of the Amazon SDKs. Restoring a backup to a new file system takes the same amount of time as creating a new file system. The data restored from the backup is lazy-loaded onto the file system, during which time you will experience slightly higher latency.

The following procedure guides you through how to restore a backup using the console to create a new file system.

Note

You can only restore your backup to a file system of the same Lustre version type, deployment type, throughput per unit of storage, storage capacity, data compression type, and Amazon Region as the original. You can increase your restored file system's storage capacity after it becomes available. For more information, see Managing storage capacity.

To restore a file system from a backup

  1. Open the Amazon FSx for Lustre console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/fsx/.

  2. From the console dashboard, choose Backups from the left side navigation.

  3. Choose the backup that you want to restore from the Backups table, and then choose Restore backup.

    Doing so opens the file system creation wizard. This wizard is identical to the standard file system creation wizard, except the file system configuration (e.g., Deployment Type, throughput per unit of storage). However, you can change the associated VPC, and backup settings.

  4. Complete the wizard as you do when you create a new file system.

  5. Choose Review and create.

  6. Review the settings you chose for your Amazon FSx for Lustre file system, and then choose Create file system.

You have restored from a backup, and a new file system is now being created. When its status changes to AVAILABLE, you can use the file system as normal.