guide.en-sg.md

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Backing up an instance	Find out how to back up a Public Cloud instance in the OVHcloud Control Panel	2024-07-03

Objective

You can create a single backup of an instance or configure a schedule in order to automate your instance backups. Backups can be used to restore your instance to a previous state or to create a new, identical instance.

This guide explains how to create manual and automatic backups of a Public Cloud instance.

Requirements

• A Public Cloud instance in your OVHcloud account
• Access to the OVHcloud Control Panel

Instructions

Creating a backup of an instance

Warning

This option is only available through a Cold Snapshot for Metal instances. During this process, the Metal instance will be switched to rescue-mode, and once the backup is performed, the instance will reboot back to normal mode.

Log in to the OVHcloud Control Panel and open your Public Cloud{.action} project. Then click on Instances{.action} in the left-hand menu.

Click on the ...{.action} button to the right of the instance and select Create a backup{.action}.

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Enter a name for the backup on the next page. Take note of the pricing information and click on Confirm{.action}.

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It is not possible to track the progress of the backup in real time, however, in the Instance Backup{.action} section under Storage{.action} in the left-hand menu, the status will be displayed as "Backup in progress" during the process.

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Once the backup is complete, it will be available in the Instance Backup{.action} section under Storage{.action} in the left-hand menu.

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Creating an automated backup of an instance

Click on the ...{.action} button to the right of the instance and select Create an automatic backup{.action}.

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You can configure the following backup settings on the next page:

The workflow

Currently, only one workflow exists. It will create a backup for the instance and its primary volume.

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The resource

You can select the instance to back up.

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The schedule

You can set up a custom backup schedule or choose one of the default frequencies:

• Daily backup with retention of the last 7 backups
• Daily backup with retention of the last 14 backups

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The name

Enter a name for the automatic backup schedule. Take note of the pricing information and create the schedule with Confirm{.action}.

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Managing backups and schedules

Schedules can be created and deleted in the Workflow Management{.action} section, which is located under Storage{.action} in the left-hand menu.

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Your instance backups are managed in the Public Cloud Instance Backup{.action} section, which can be found under Storage{.action} in the left-hand menu.

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Warning

The instance backup option must be deleted separately if you no longer wish to be billed for it. Deleting an instance does not delete the options attached to it.

Warning

Note that you cannot delete an instance backup if an instance that has been spawned from this backup is running at the time of the delete action.

Find out how to use backups to clone or restore instances in this guide.

Go further

Using instance backups to create or restore an instance

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