Create a VM backup

This section describes how to add a backup to your VM

The platform uses backup systems, such as Veeam or Networker, and it creates backups for VMs that are on the hypervisor.

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

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

Edit the VM and go to Backup → Backup policies.
Edit a VM and add a backup policy for your VM backups
Select from the list of Backup policies
Click Show details. Depending on your system configuration and user privileges, you may be required to configure different backup options. Examples of backup options.
Different options for VM backup policies
If required, enter backup frequency, or date and/or time
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
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 it in the backup system through the platform.