Enabling VM Backups
- Go to the VM -> Backup
- Selecting an existing Recovery Vault or create a new one
- Choose backup policy: the default is daily but you can customise your own
– Frequency
– time to run
– Retention period
You can also run a manual backup by clicking on Backup Now from the backups dashboard.
Backup Jobs
To view the status of backup job go to VM -> Backup -> Backup Jobs
Form here you can see a list of your backups with the details and their status (In progress, completed, failed etc…)
Restoring a Backup
Once you have some completed backups of your VM, they will appear as “Restore Points” from the “Backup” screen.
If you click on the 3 dots in the restore point row you get 2 options:
- Restore VM
– Restores the whole VM
– allows you to create new VM or replace existing - File Recovery
– this allows you to select certain files to recover from your backup
