Creating backup plans

You can schedule an automatic backup job for multiple volumes by creating a backup plan. A backup plan defines the backup schedule and retention policy that are applied to all backups created by this plan.

To create a backup plan

  1. On the Backup plans screen, click Create backup plan.

  2. In the Create backup plan window, specify a name for the backup plan and, optionally, a description.

    A description should not contain any personally identifiable information or sensitive business data.

  3. In What to back up, click Manage. In the Manage volumes window, select compute volumes that will be included in the backup plan, and then click Save.

  4. In Schedule, select the schedule for the backup plan:

    • Select Retention 7 days to create a backup of the selected volumes every day and keep each backup for seven days.
    • Select Retention 14 days to create a backup of the selected volumes every day and keep each backup for 14 days.
    • Select Custom to configure a custom schedule for the automatic backup. You can choose months, days of the week, days of the month, time, and the maximum number of full recovery points to keep.

  5. Click Create.