Instance Restore

Something went wrong. A bad deploy corrupted data on a volume. A configuration change bricked the OS. A snapshot rollback at the provider level set you back seven months. It happens — and when it does, you need to rebuild fast.

Rebuilding a VM manually from a snapshot on Outscale means: create volumes from snapshots, launch a new instance with the right specs, attach the volumes, configure networking, verify everything. That's 30 minutes if you know what you're doing and nothing goes wrong. In a crisis, things always go wrong.

What it does

Instance Restore rebuilds a VM from a snapshot in a guided process. You pick the source snapshot, confirm the instance configuration, and Vextnd handles the rest — creating volumes, launching the instance, attaching everything, bringing it online.

Every step of the process is audited. Not just "restore started" and "restore completed" — every intermediate action is logged with timestamps, resource IDs, and outcomes. If something fails mid-restore, you know exactly where it failed and what state things are in.

This isn't a black box. You see what's happening, in real time, with a complete record you can review after the fact.

How it works

Start with a snapshot — either one created by Snapshot Scheduler or a manual snapshot you took. Instance Restore shows you what's in the snapshot and what the restored VM will look like.

Confirm the configuration: instance type, security groups, networking. The restore process preserves the original configuration by default — you're rebuilding the same machine, not designing a new one. But you can adjust if needed.

Hit restore. Vextnd creates the volumes from the snapshot, launches the instance, attaches the volumes, and reports status at each step. The audit log captures every API call, every state transition, every success and failure.

When it's done, your VM is running. Same data, same configuration, same state as the snapshot. And you have a complete audit trail proving exactly what was done, by whom, and when.

Why it matters

Restore operations happen under pressure. The production database is down, the CEO is asking questions, and the person who knows how to rebuild the server is on a flight. This is not the time for a 15-step manual procedure.

A guided, audited restore process reduces recovery time from 30 minutes to 5. It doesn't require deep Outscale expertise — any team member with the right permissions can run it. And the audit trail means you can explain exactly what happened in the post-mortem, without reconstructing events from memory.

For regulated environments, the audit trail isn't optional — it's a compliance requirement. Instance Restore generates it automatically. No separate logging setup, no manual documentation of recovery steps.

Recover fast, with proof. Start your free trial on Vextnd.