User manual

Depending on how the backup service is configured, you may be able to create your own backup

plans, apply backup plans shared by the system administrator, or both.

To apply a backup plan to virtual machines

1. Select one or more virtual machines.

2. Click Apply backup plan.

3. Select the backup plan that you want to apply to the machines. For example, select Daily.

A backup plan contains the following instructions for the backup service:

 Schedule: When and how often to do backups.

 Retention rules: How long to store the backups.

 Backup options: Whether to exclude specific files and folders (Exclusions); to send

notifications about backup operation results (Notifications); and to encrypt backups

(Encryption).

4. Click OK.

The name of the applied backup plan appears in the Backup plan column. If another backup plan

was previously applied to the machine, that backup plan is revoked.

Tips on usage

 The Protection status column shows whether the latest backup has completed successfully (OK)

or failed (Error). The cause of a backup failure is displayed in the machine details area on the

right.

 Should you need to restart a failed backup, click Back up now. The machine will be backed up

according to the backup plan settings. However, the retention rules will not be applied this time.

 Change a backup plan to one with a different Encryption setting (including different password)

only if it is really necessary. This operation is allowed, but it may cause some inconveniences. For

details, refer to "Consequences of changing encryption" in "Editing a backup plan" (p. 14).

1.4.4 Overwriting a virtual machine with its backed-up version

This recovery procedure can be easily run directly from the organization tab.