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  1. In Infrastructure, go your datacenter or public cloud region

  2. Go to Backup policies

  3. Click the + add button and enter the details

    Create backup policy - general info
    1. Code: this identifies the policy and it must be unique in the datacenter. Abiquo uses the Code attribute to match policies that the administrator already created in the backup system. For more details, see the backup plugin configuration documentation

  4. Go to Complete backup. Abiquo backup plugins support complete backups only

  5. Select from the backup options to include in the policy

    1. Defined hour: The Veeam backup integration does not support this option

    2. Hourly: A backup at an interval of hours. Enter an integer less than 24

    Create backup policy - complete backup
  6. For each field in the backup type, choose how to set the values: 

    1. Fixed: set in backup policy

    2. Don't apply: set by backup system

    3. Define in VM: the user must set the value and will require the appropriate privileges to save a VM with an advanced backup policy.

      Define time in VM for a weekly backupImage RemovedDefine time in VM for a weekly backupImage Added

    (warning) Veeam will always back up ALL disks when performing a backup. To prevent the display of the Select disks option, to let users select individual disks:

    1. Remove the user privilege to Manage virtual machine backup disks

  7. Click Save

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  1. Edit the enterprise and edit the Datacenter (or public cloud region) on the Backups tab. See
    https://abiquo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/doc/pages/311377504/Configure+an+enterprise+in+a+cloud+location#Allow-a-tenant-to-use-backup-polices-in-a-datacenter

  2. Control user VM backup access with privileges.

    The default standard USER and ENTERPRISE_ADMIN roles do not have access to the Backups tab of the VM. If an administrator assign a backup to the VM, the backup symbol displays on the VM icon but there are no other details of the backup for these users.

    For users without backup privileges, Abiquo displays the backup symbol onlyImage RemovedFor users without backup privileges, Abiquo displays the backup symbol onlyImage Added

    The backup privileges that you can assign to user roles are:

    • Manage virtual machine backup configuration:

      • Lets the user access the Backup tab of VM

      • Lets the user select backup policies and generally use the backup feature

    • Manage virtual machine backup schedule

      • Lets the user set specific backup dates and times (advanced configuration) for backup policies.

        • (warning) Required for users with Manage virtual machine backup configuration to save changes to VMs with policies with the Define in VM option. If the user can manage backup configuration but does not have this policy, saving the VM will fail with an error.

          Select a backup and manage the backup scheduleImage Removed
        • (error) If the user does not have Manage virtual machine backup configuration, and they save a VM that has a backup policy, the platform will remove the backup policy from the VM

        • Select a backup and manage the backup scheduleImage Added
    • Restore virtual machine backups

    • (warning) Manage virtual machine backup disks

Note

The Abiquo backup plugins support the COMPLETE backup type only and the Veeam backup plugin supports a backup of all VM disks only, so do not assign Manage virtual machine backup disksto user roles. This option may cause confusion to users

Warning

If the user does not have Manage virtual machine backup configuration, and they save a VM that has a backup policy, the platform will remove the backup policy from the VM

Users with backup privileges can now add backups as described at VM backups.