github.com/Ilhicas/nomad@v1.0.4-0.20210304152020-e86851182bc3/website/content/docs/commands/operator/snapshot-restore.mdx (about) 1 --- 2 layout: docs 3 page_title: 'Commands: operator snapshot restore' 4 sidebar_title: snapshot restore 5 description: | 6 Restore snapshot of Nomad server state 7 --- 8 9 # Command: operator snapshot restore 10 11 Restores an atomic, point-in-time snapshot of the state of the Nomad servers 12 which includes jobs, nodes, allocations, periodic jobs, and ACLs. 13 14 Restores involve a potentially dangerous low-level Raft operation that is not 15 designed to handle server failures during a restore. This command is primarily 16 intended to be used when recovering from a disaster, restoring into a fresh 17 cluster of Nomad servers. 18 19 If ACLs are enabled, a management token must be supplied in order to perform 20 snapshot operations. 21 22 To restore a snapshot from the file "backup.snap": 23 24 ```shell-session 25 $ nomad operator snapshot restore backup.snap 26 ``` 27 28 ## Usage 29 30 ```plaintext 31 nomad operator snapshot restore [options] <file> 32 ``` 33 34 ## General Options 35 36 @include 'general_options_no_namespace.mdx' 37 38 [outage recovery]: https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/nomad/outage-recovery