Mount Snapshot

You need to access data from a backup. Not the whole VM — just the data on one volume. Maybe a developer accidentally deleted a file. Maybe you need to compare yesterday's database with today's. Maybe you need to pull a config file from a known-good state.

Doing this on Outscale without tooling means: create a volume from the snapshot, wait for it to be available, attach it to a running instance, SSH in, mount the filesystem, find the file. Then afterward: unmount, detach, delete the volume. Six steps, each one done manually through the console or API.

For something that should take 30 seconds, that's 15 minutes of clicking.

What it does

Mount Snapshot takes a snapshot and turns it into a volume attached to a running VM — in one step. You pick the snapshot, pick the target VM, pick the device path, and it's done. The volume is created, attached, and ready to mount.

No intermediate steps. No waiting in the console for the volume to become "available" before you can attach it. No copy-pasting volume IDs between API calls.

How it works

Select a snapshot — from Snapshot Scheduler or any manual snapshot in your account. Pick the running VM where you want to mount it. Choose the device path (Vextnd suggests the next available one). Click mount.

Vextnd creates the volume from the snapshot, waits for it to be available, and attaches it to the VM. You get a notification when it's ready. SSH into the VM, mount the filesystem, and your backup data is right there.

When you're done, detach and delete the volume — or keep it if you need the data permanently. The operation is logged in the audit trail: which snapshot, which VM, which device path, who did it, when.

For teams that regularly need to recover individual files from backups, this is the fastest path. No VM rebuild, no temporary instances, no juggling resources in the console.

Why it matters

Most backup recovery isn't a full restore. It's "I need one file from yesterday." Or "I need to check what the config looked like before we changed it." Full VM restores are overkill for these cases — and they take longer, cost more, and create resources you'll need to clean up afterward.

Mount Snapshot gives you surgical access to backup data. Mount the volume, grab what you need, unmount. Five minutes instead of thirty. No unnecessary resources lingering in your account.

For teams running Snapshot Scheduler, this completes the backup workflow. The scheduler creates the snapshots. Mount Snapshot lets you use them — quickly, without ceremony, exactly when you need them.

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