Question

How can I take a backup of the Virtual Server in my Cloud.net environment?

Environment

Cloud.net, all versions.

Answer

You can take backups manually or automatically. 

• Manually - the user logs into OnApp CP and clicks the “Take backup” button when required.

• Automatically - the user enables the backup schedule (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)

OnApp allows you to create two backup types: normal and incremental. 

Normal backup - backups are created per disk

Incremental backup - backups are created per virtual server.

To take a manual incremental backup (Linux Virtual Servers):

1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Virtual Servers menu.
2. Click the label of the server you want to back up.
3. Click the Backups tab, then select Files.
4. To take a backup, click the Take a Backup button.

To take a manual normal backup of the virtual server's disk (Windows Virtual Servers):

1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Virtual Servers menu.
2. Click the label of the server you want to back up.
3. Click the Storage tab > Disks. You'll see a list of the disks allocated to that virtual server.
4. Click the Actions icon next to a disk you want to take a backup of, then click Backup.

To quickly enable an incremental automatic backup schedule by applying pre-configured auto-backup presets:

1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Virtual Servers menu.
2. Click the label of the virtual server you're interested in.
3. Find the option "Auto-backups" and move the slider to enable automatic backups for this VS
4. Select Backups > Schedules tab to make sure the schedules were created.
5. Click the Edit icon next to a schedule to change its details.

To quickly enable a normal automatic backup schedule by applying pre-configured auto-backup presets:

1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Virtual Servers menu.
2. Click the label of the virtual server you want to schedule a backup for.
3. Click the Storage tab, then select Disks.
   
4. On the screen that appears, under "Auto Backups?" move the slider to enable automatic backups for the disk you want to backup up.
5. Click the Actions button next to this disk, then select Schedule for Backups.
6. Click the Edit icon next to a schedule to change its details

To get more details on how to manage Virtual Servers backups please visit our documentation portal.