A object data backup and restore method and system provide for identifying an object from a first entity space in a cluster of a client compute environment; generating a snapshot of the object; copying the volume data to a second entity space in the cluster; detecting that the first entity space has been deleted from the cluster; receiving a request to restore the object to a point-in-time version associated with the snapshot; and restoring, via the snapshot tool, the object using the volume data copied to the second entity space and the content data of the snapshot.