// 1. Execute the on-disk Clone
Path snapshotDir = SnapshotDescriptionUtils.getCompletedSnapshotDir(snapshot, rootDir);
SnapshotManifest manifest = SnapshotManifest.open(conf, fs, snapshotDir, snapshot);
RestoreSnapshotHelper restoreHelper = new RestoreSnapshotHelper(conf, fs,
manifest, hTableDescriptor, tableRootDir, monitor, status);
metaChanges = restoreHelper.restoreHdfsRegions();
// Clone operation should not have stuff to restore or remove
Preconditions.checkArgument(!metaChanges.hasRegionsToRestore(),
"A clone should not have regions to restore");
Preconditions.checkArgument(!metaChanges.hasRegionsToRemove(),