diff --git a/docs-2.0/7.data-security/3.manage-snapshot.md b/docs-2.0/7.data-security/3.manage-snapshot.md index bf78c00133a..4f26eb92d41 100644 --- a/docs-2.0/7.data-security/3.manage-snapshot.md +++ b/docs-2.0/7.data-security/3.manage-snapshot.md @@ -101,7 +101,11 @@ Currently, there is no command to restore data with snapshots. You need to manua SNAPSHOT_2021_03_09_09_10_52 ``` -2. To restore the lost data through snapshots, users can take a snapshot at an appropriate time, copy the internal folders `data` and `wal` to their respective parent directories (at the same level with `checkpoints`), overwrite the previous `data` and `wal`, and then restart the cluster. +2. To restore the lost data through snapshots, you can take a snapshot at an appropriate time, copy the folders `data` and `wal` in the corresponding snapshot directory to its parent directory (at the same level with `checkpoints`) to overwrite the previous `data` and `wal`, and then restart the cluster. + + !!! caution + + The data and wal directories of all Meta nodes should be overwritten at the same time. Otherwise, the new leader Meta node will use the latest Meta data after a cluster is restarted.