Use a server backup

Backup history

In the backup history you can view the history of your backup jobs for the given server, perform a one time backup, delete backup jobs and restore from backup.

One time backup

In the backup history you can create a one time backup by clicking Create backup:

Provide a backup name, retention period, choose volume and click on Order fee-based:

Restore to original volumes

In the backup history you can restore a backup of the given server to the original volume. Select a backup by clicking its three-dot menu and select Restore to the original volume:   

Confirm by clicking Restore:   

Restore to a different volume

Steps to restore your backup to a different volume than the original:

1. Create new volume

   Create a new volume in the project. Navigate to Computing > Disk volumes and click Create disk volume: 

   

   The size must not be lower than the backup of original volume and it has to be in the same availability zone as the original volume.

   

2. Restore to different volume

   In Server > Backup > History click on the backup via context menu and select Restore to a different volume. Makes sure it is not attached yet to your or any other server.

   

   Choose the volume you created in step one and click on Restore volume.

     

3. Add volume

   After restore is done, go to Computing > Disk volumes, click Attach disk volume and choose your volume with the restored backup:

   

     

4. Bring attached volume online

   Now login to your server and bring the new attached volume online via the diskmanagment (diskmgmt.msc):

   

   You can now see it in the explorer as extra disk with your restored backup content: