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6.6 Clone Smart Copy restore options
There are three restore options for clone Smart Copies:
Mount – This option mounts the Smart Copy set on the drive letter you specify. It does not restore the
database. By default, the Smart Copy is mounted read-only but you can make the Smart Copy read-write.
You can restore the database as a separate step manually.
Restore selected databases – This option allows for a selective restore of a database from a Smart Copy
clone
Restore as New – This option performs a side-by-side restore of all the data in the Smart Copy and brings
the database online. If there are multiple databases included in the Smart Copy, for example in a
collection, all the databases are brought online as copies of the originals to the point-in-time of the Smart
Copy.
These operations perform the same tasks as the snapshot Smart Copy operation. Once mounted on a
host system, the clone acts as a normal volume. Clones do not use snapshot reserve but they do require
space equal to the size of the base volume.