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This page describes how to configure backup and disaster recovery for your VMs. These features require specific plugins, so before you begin, please check with your administrator to ensure your platform is correctly configured.

Configure a VM backup

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Protect a VM with disaster recovery

Include PageProtect a VM with disaster recoveryProtect a VM with disaster recoveryThe platform uses backup systems, such as Veeam or Networker, and it creates backups for VMs that are deployed on the hypervisor.

To configure your VM backup by selecting the backup policy and the disks, do these steps:

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Privileges: Manage virtual machine backup configuration, Manage virtual machine backup disks, Manage virtual machine backup schedule

  1. Edit the VM and go to Backup → Backup policies

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  2. Select from the list of Backup policies

  3. Click Show details. Depending on your system configuration and user privileges, you may be required to configure different backup options. Examples of backup options

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  4. If required, enter backup frequency, or date and/or time
    (warning) Backup times: Abiquo uses ISO 8601 and you should check the time standard used in each datacenter with the datacenter owner. 
    Time zones in ISO 8601 are represented as local time (with the location unspecified), as UTC, or as an offset from UTC

  5. If required, select disks

    • Note: Some backup systems will ignore your disk selection and create a backup of all disks. Check your cloud provider's documentation for more information

When you configure a backup for your VM, the platform will display the disks backup symbol in the lower right-hand corner of the VM icon. 

In some environments the backup system may support restore for VMs that were previously deployed and are now undeployed. But if you delete the VM, you cannot access the backup system through the platform.