About Server Backups

Every server in your Virtual Data Center comes with an automatic daily backup schedule by default – you do not need to set anything up. You can change the schedule, create extra backups manually, restore from any backup, or delete old ones to free up storage.

Cost: backup storage is billed for usage. The longer you keep backups and the larger your server’s disk, the higher the storage cost.

Where to Find Your Backups

1. Open the server in your client portal: Services → Virtual Data Center → your VDC → select the server
2. Click the Backups tab (top of the page, between Firewall and Logs)

The page has two sub-tabs:

• Backups – the list of all backups for this server
• Backup schedule – the automatic schedule settings

Creating a Manual Backup

1. Open the Backups sub-tab
2. Click Create backup at the bottom of the list
3. Wait for the backup to complete – you can leave the page, the operation continues in the background

Next to the button you will see N Backup(s) left – this is how many more backups can be created before reaching your schedule’s retention limit. When this counter reaches 0, the Create backup button becomes disabled. To create more, either delete an old backup or increase the retention in your Backup schedule.

Restoring from Backup

1. Open the Backups sub-tab
2. Find the backup you want to restore (each row shows date, size, and status)
3. Click Restore on that row
4. Confirm the operation

Warning: Restore replaces the current state of your server with the backup. All changes made after the backup was taken will be lost. Make sure you have a recent manual backup if you want to preserve your current state.

Deleting a Backup

To free up storage or make room for new backups within your schedule’s retention:

1. Open the Backups sub-tab
2. Find the backup you want to delete
3. Click Delete on that row
4. Confirm the operation

Editing the Backup Schedule

By default, your server has a daily automatic backup schedule keeping 7 backups. You can change this:

1. Open the Backup schedule sub-tab
2. Find your existing schedule in the list
3. Click Edit on that row
4. Adjust the settings:
   • Backup every – select which days of the week
   • Time – choose when backups run
   • Backups to keep – retention limit (the oldest backup is replaced when this is exceeded)
5. Click Save

Note: Each server has one schedule. If you increase Backups to keep, more backups will accumulate over time and your storage cost will grow. If you decrease it, the oldest backups will be removed automatically.

Backup Storage Cost

Backup storage is billed for usage based on the total size of all stored backups. You can monitor your current backup storage usage on the Resources & IP page of your VDC, and see the breakdown on the Billing page.

To reduce backup storage cost:

• Decrease Backups to keep in your schedule
• Delete old manual backups you no longer need
• Avoid creating excessive manual backups