Editing and deleting backup plans
You can edit a backup plan's name and description, change its schedule, and delete it when it is no longer needed.
Prerequisites
- A backup plan is created, as described in Creating backup plans.
To edit a backup plan
Admin panel
- On the Compute > Backup > Backup plans tab, click the required backup plan.
- On the plan right pane, click Edit.
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In the Edit backup plan window, make the required changes, and then click Save.
A description should not contain any personally identifiable information or sensitive business data.
Command-line interface
Use the following command:
vinfra service compute backup-plan set [--name <name>] [--description <description>] [--schedule-minute <minutes>] [--schedule-hour <hours>] [--schedule-day <days>] [--schedule-day-of-week <days-of-week>] [--schedule-week <weeks>] [--schedule-month <months>] [--schedule-interval <interval>] [--schedule-disable] [--recovery-points-rotation <amount>] [--disabled] [--enabled] <backup-plan>
<backup-plan>
- Backup plan ID or name
--name <name>
- A new name for the backup plan
--description <description>
- Backup plan description
--schedule-minute <minutes>
- Comma-separated list of minutes. Specify
'*'
to schedule backup every minute. --schedule-hour <hours>
- Comma-separated list of hours. Specify
'*'
to schedule backup every hour. --schedule-day <days>
- Comma-separated list of days of the month. Specify
'*'
to schedule backup every day. --schedule-day-of-week <days-of-week>
- Comma-separated list of days of the week. Specify
'*'
to schedule backup every week day. --schedule-week <weeks>
- Comma-separated list of weeks. Specify
'*'
to schedule backup every week. --schedule-month <months>
- Comma-separated list of months. Specify
'*'
to schedule backup every mouth. --schedule-interval <interval>
- Interval between backups, in hours. You can also specify the following units:
h
for hours,d
for days, andw
for weeks. Only one unit can be used at a time. --schedule-disable
- Erase backup schedule.
--recovery-points-rotation <amount>
- Amount of full recovery points to preserve.
--disabled
- Disable backup plan.
--enabled
- Enable backup plan.
For example, to schedule the backup plan myplan
to run every Monday and set the maximum recovery points to 7, run:
# vinfra service compute backup-plan set myplan --schedule-day-of-week 0 --recovery-points-rotation 7
To delete a backup plan
Admin panel
- On the Compute > Backup > Backup plans tab, click the required backup plan.
- On the plan right pane, click Delete.
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If the backup plan has recovery points, you can delete them along with the backup plan:
- Select Delete recovery points.
- Enter "Delete" for confirmation.
- Click Delete in the confirmation window.
Command-line interface
Use the following command:
vinfra service compute backup-plan delete <backup-plan>
<backup-plan>
- Backup plan ID or name
For example, to delete the backup plan myplan
, run:
# vinfra service compute backup-plan delete myplan