Select Compute Section
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From the left sidebar, click on Compute to view your created virtual machines (VMs).
Choose Your Virtual Machine
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In the Compute section, you will see a list of all your created VMs.
- Click the VM that you want to configure backups for.
Navigate to the Backups Tab
- After selecting your VM, you will see a detailed overview of the machine.
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Select the Backups tab to open the backup settings.
Enable Backups
- When you enable backup service, an automatic disk-level backup will be created from the boot disk of your VM.
A backup will be created once a week and will be stored for a one-month period. You will have up to 4 backups stored at any given time.
- The estimated cost per backup will be displayed.
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To start creating backups, simply click Enable backups.
View Backup History
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Once backups are enabled, you can see a list of all created backups in the same section.
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Each entry includes:
- UUID — Unique ID of the backup
- Size — Size of the backed-up disk
- Created — Date and time when the backup was made
Disable Backups
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If you no longer wish to keep backups, you can choose to disable backups by clicking the Disable backups option.
Restore or Create New VM from Backup
- Use the backup images to restore your VM to a previous state or create a new VM with the same configuration and modified size parameters.