Manage Application Server Backup Schedules
Schedules screen lists application servers' scheduled backups. Depending on the backup type set in your cloud settings, schedules are created either per application server or per disk. To view all backup schedules in the cloud, see Schedules Settings. In this document you can find information on how to manage Application Server backup schedules.
View Application Server Backup Schedules
To view the list of backup schedules for a particular application server:
If the normal backup option is selected for the cloud:
- Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Application Servers menu.
- Click the label of the application server you're interested in.
- Click the Storage tab, then select Disks.
- On the screen that appears, click the Actions button next to the disk you want to back up, then select Schedule for Backups.
- On the screen that appears, you will see the list of backup schedules along with their details:
Date - the time when the schedule was created
Target - the server or disk for which the schedule was created (depending on the backup type)
Action - the scheduled action
Period - how frequently the backup will occur according to a period type set in the next step.
For example, if you set “2” as a period and “days” as a period type, the backup will take place at the same time every two days. By default, in this filed is set 1.
Period type - the backup period: days, weeks, months, or years
Rotation period - the number of backups, after which the first backup will be deleted.
By default, in this filed is set 1, so it means that the old one backup is deleted after a new backup occurs. If you set 2 in this filed, it means that the first backup will be deleted next but one. If you set 4, three most recent backups and the new one will be stored, while the initial one will be deleted.
Next Start - the date and the hour of the next backup
User - the user who created the backup schedule
Status - schedule status
If the incremental backup option is selected for the cloud:
- Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Application Servers menu.
- Click the label of the application server you're interested in.
- Select Backups > Schedules tab or click Auto-backups under the Options section to view incremental backups schedules only.
On the screen that appears, you will see the list of backup schedules along with their details:
Click here to expand...Date - the time when the schedule was created
Target - the server or disk for which the schedule was created (depending on the backup type)
Action - the scheduled action
Period - how frequently the backup will occur according to a period type set in the next step.
For example, if you set “2” as a period and “days” as a period type, the backup will take place at the same time every two days. By default, in this filed is set 1.
Period type - the backup period: days, weeks, months, or years
Rotation period - the number of backups, after which the first backup will be deleted.
By default, in this filed is set 1, so it means that the old one backup is deleted after a new backup occurs. If you set 2 in this filed, it means that the first backup will be deleted next but one. If you set 4, three most recent backups and the new one will be stored, while the initial one will be deleted.
Next Start - the date and the hour of the next backup
User - the user who created the backup schedule
Status - schedule status
Create Application Server Backup Schedule
In addition to the system auto-backup presets, you can schedule backups of application servers (application server disks) as required. For example, you can set up a schedule to back up your disks once a week.
The combination of Scheduled application server backups and Auto-backup Presets provide a great deal of flexibility in the way backups are handled for the cloud and for individual application servers. Auto-backup Presets can be applied to all new application servers added to the cloud. Scheduled application server backups enable specific backups to be scheduled for individual application servers, outside of the auto-backup pattern.
Depending on your cloud settings, you can schedule either normal or incremental backup schedules:
Adding a normal backup schedule
To add a normal backup schedule:
- Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Application Servers menu.
- Click the label of the application server you want to schedule a backup for.
- Click the Storage tab, then select Disks.
- On the screen that appears, click the Actions button next to the disk you want to back up, then select Schedule for Backups.
- On the screen that follows, click the New Schedule button.
- Specify schedule details:
- Period - how frequently the backup will take place according to a period type set. For example, the period of 2 and the period type of days will take a backup every two days.
- Period type - the backup period: days, weeks, months or years. The period type must be unique for each backup target (disk or server).
Rotation period - the number of backups after which the first backup will be deleted.
- Start time - set the exact time of creating the transaction for backups scheduling. The transaction will be created at the specified time but run according to the queue (the transactions created earlier or with higher priority will be launched first).
- Click the Save button to finish.
Adding an incremental backup schedule
- Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Application Servers menu.
- Click the label of the application server you want to schedule a backup for.
- Click the Backups tab, then choose Schedules, or click Auto-backups under the Options menu to view incremental backup schedules only.
- Click the New Schedule button.
- On the screen that appears, specify new schedule's details:
- Period - how frequently the backup will take place according to a period type set. For example, the period of 2 and the period type of days will take a backup every two days.
- Period type - the backup period: days, weeks, months or years. The period type must be unique for each backup target (disk or server).
Rotation period - the number of backups after which the first backup will be deleted.
- Start time - set the exact time of creating the transaction for backups scheduling. The transaction will be created at the specified time but run according to the queue (the transactions created earlier or with higher priority will be launched first).
- Click the Save button to finish.
Edit Application Server Backup Schedule
To edit a normal backup schedule:
- Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Application Servers menu.
- Click the label of the application server you want to schedule a backup for.
- Click the Storage tab, then select Disks.
- On the screen that appears, click the Actions button next to the disk you want to back up, then select Schedule for Backups.
- Click the Edit icon next to a schedule to change its details.
- Specify schedule details:
- Period - how frequently the backup will take place according to a period type set. For example, the period of 2 and the period type of days will take a backup every two days.
- Period type - the backup period: days, weeks, months or years. The period type must be unique for each backup target (disk or server).
Rotation period - the number of backups after which the first backup will be deleted.
Enabled - move the slider to enable or disable the schedule
For a schedule with the Failed status, you can move the Enabled slider to the right to run the shedule once again.
- Click the Save button to finish.
To edit an incremental backup schedule:
- Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Application Servers menu.
- Click the label of the applicaton server you're interested in.
- Select Backups > Schedules tab, or click Auto-backups under the Options menu to view incremental backup schedules only.
- Click the Edit icon next to a schedule to change its details:
- Period - how frequently the backup will take place according to a period type set. For example, the period of 2 and the period type of days will take a backup every two days.
- Period type - the backup period: days, weeks, months or years. The period type must be unique for each backup target (disk or server).
Rotation period - the number of backups after which the first backup will be deleted.
Enabled - move the slider to enable or disable the schedule
For a schedule with the Failed status, you can move the Enabled slider to the right to run the shedule once again.
- Click the Save button to save your changes.
Delete Application Server Backup Schedule
To delete a normal backup schedule:
- Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Application Servers menu.
- Click the label of the application server you're interested in.
- Click the Storage tab, then select Disks.
- On the screen that appears, click the Actions button next to the disk with a backup schedule, then select Schedule for Backups.
- Click the Actions icon next to the schedule you want to remove, then choose Delete.
To delete an incremental backup schedule:
- Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Application Servers menu.
- Click the label of the application server you're interested in.
- Select Backups > Schedules tab, or click Auto-backups under the Options section to view incremental backups schedules only.
- On the screen that appears, you will see the list of backup schedules.
- Click the Actions icon next to the schedule you want to remove, then choose Delete.
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