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When you configure a backup for your VM, the platform will display the backup symbol in the lower right-hand corner of the VM icon.
The platform uses backup systems, such as Veeam or Avamar, and it creates backups for VMs that are deployed on the hypervisor. In some environments the backup system may support restore for VMs that were previously deployed and are now undeployed. If you delete the VM, you cannot access the backup system through the platform.
Create a manual backup now
If manual backups are enabled for the datacenter, when the User edits the VM configuration, the platform will display the Backup now button in the top right-hand corner of the of the Backup tab.
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Privilege: Manage virtual machine backup configuration |
When the user clicks this button, the platform will request request an immediate backup through the API.
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Configure backup type
To configure your VM backup by selecting the backup policy and the disks, do these steps:
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Privilege: Manage virtual machine backup disks, Manage virtual machine backup configuration |
- Open the Backup tab to the Backup policies page
- Select from the list of backup policies
- Click Show details
Select disks
To select disks for a complete backup, do these steps:
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Privilege: Manage virtual machine backup configuration, Manage virtual machine backup disks |
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- Click Select Disks
- Select the disks for backup
- The disks are shown in sequence order
- The system disk is the first one in the list
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For a snapshot backup, you can select disks, as shown above for the complete backup. Enter a pathFor a filesystem backup, enter the folder or directory path to back up. |
Configure backup schedule
The administrator can set the date and time in the backup policy or they can require the user to set the date and time.
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Privilege: Manage virtual machine backup configuration, Manage virtual machine backup schedule |
To enter backup date(s) and time(s), you must have the privilege to Manage virtual machine backup schedule, and you must configure the exact date and time of a backup.
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Abiquo uses ISO 8601 and datacenter owners should inform users of the time standard used in the datacenter
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Screenshot: The administrator has configured backup schedule Screenshot: The user must configure the backup schedule |
Backup results
The results shown may vary depending on your datacenter's backup system. Backups with a status of "done" or "completed" will have a Restore link enabled in the Action column.
Restore a Backup
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Create a VM backup
Backup results
To display backup results:
Go to myCloud Virtual datacenters
Edit VM
Go to Backup → Backup results
The results shown may vary depending on your datacenter's backup system. Backups with a status of done or completed will have a Restore link enabled in the Action column.
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Restore a backup
The administrator may allow users to restore their own backups.
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Privileges: Restore virtual machine backups |
To restore a VM backup:
Go to myCloud Virtual datacenters
Edit a VM
Go to Backups → Backup results
In the Latest backups section, in the Action column on the right, click the Restore link
To display the details of the restore, in the Latest backups list, click on the backup.
After the platform finishes the restore, it will display a status, such as done or failed.
After you restore a backup, the VM disks are under the control of the backup system, not the platform. So when you undeploy after restoring a VM, the platform will display a warning popup and delete and remove the VM's disks.
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Privilege: Restore virtual machine backups |
To create a restore request:
- Open the Backup results tab
- Click Restore beside a completed backup
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To display the details of the restore, click on the backup in the Backups list. After the restore is completed, the status is displayed, for example, "done" or "failed".
Request a Consecutive Restore
If your environment allowspermits, you may request that a backup be restored more than once. If the Restore requests Status one restore of the same backup. If the status of the restore request is success or failed, Abiquo will reactivate the Restore link and you can click the Restore link to it to request a new restore of the same backup.
Backup events
For users the backup feature will produce the events described in the Events View#Virtualmachineon the Events table page in the Virtual machine section, under METADATA_MODIFIED and RESTORE_BACKUP.The Events page on the Backup tab
To display VM backup events:
Go to myCloud Virtual datacenters
Edit the VM
Go to Backup → Events
This page will display events from backup integrations.
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To view the details of an event, click on the event.
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Events page
Event details
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Create a manual backup now
If your backup system supports immediate backups, you can request them at any time.
To request a manual backup of a VM now:
Go to myCloud Virtual datacenters
Edit the VM and go to Backup
At the bottom of the Backup tab, click the Backup now button
The platform will request an immediate backup of the VM or a VM snapshot