Performing manual backups

R‑Cloud backs up your data automatically after you assign a policy to the selected entities. However, you can also back up your data manually at any time, for example, for testing purposes or if an automatic backup fails.

Prerequisite

A policy other than the exclude policy must be assigned to the entity.

Consideration

When the assigned policy uses a backup window, manual backups may prevent the scheduled backup from starting within the defined time frame. This may result in data not being protected until the next backup window or the next manual backup.

Procedure

1. In the SaaS, Applications, Instances, or Buckets panel, select which entities you want to back up.

2. Click  Backup to perform the backup of the selected entities.

3. Only if you selected Target as the backup target type in your policy. Select the Force Full Backup check box if you want to perform a full backup.

    Important  Forcing the full backup increases cloud storage consumption, which results in additional costs on your cloud account.

4. Click Yes to confirm that you want to start the manual backup.