# rpk cluster storage restore

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title: rpk cluster storage restore
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description: Interact with the topic restoration process. This command is used to restore topics from the archival bucket, which can be useful for disaster recovery or if a topic was accidentally deleted.
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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/26.1/reference/rpk/rpk-cluster/rpk-cluster-storage-restore.md -->

Interact with the topic restoration process.

This command is used to restore topics from the archival bucket, which can be useful for disaster recovery or if a topic was accidentally deleted.

To begin the recovery process, use the `restore start` command. Note that this process can take a while to complete, so the command will exit after starting it. If you want the command to wait for the process to finish, use the “--wait” or “-w” flag.

You can check the status of the recovery process with the `restore status` command after it has been started.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk cluster storage restore [flags]
```

## [](#aliases)Aliases

```bash
rpk cluster storage recovery
```

## [](#subcommands)Subcommands

| Command | Description |
| --- | --- |
| rpk cluster storage restore start | Start the cluster restoration process. This command starts the process of restoring data from a failed cluster with Tiered Storage enabled, including its metadata, onto a new cluster. |
| rpk cluster storage restore status | Fetch the status of the topic restoration process. This command fetches the status of the process of restoring topics from the archival bucket. |

## [](#global-flags)Global flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --config | string | Redpanda or rpk config file; default search paths are ~/.config/rpk/rpk.yaml, $PWD/redpanda.yaml, and /etc/redpanda/redpanda.yaml. |
| -X, --config-opt | stringArray | Override rpk configuration settings; -X help for detail or -X list for terser detail. |
| --ignore-profile | bool | Ignore rpk.yaml and redpanda.yaml; use default settings. |
| --profile | string | rpk profile to use. |
| -v, --verbose | bool | Enable verbose logging. |

## [](#suggested-reading)Suggested reading

-   [Whole-Cluster Restore](https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/26.1/manage/disaster-recovery/whole-cluster-restore/)