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Configuring disk snapshot schedules

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Updated at October 1, 2024

For a disk, you can create schedules of snapshot creation:

Adding a schedule to a disk

You can create snapshots of network drives, such as HDDs, SSDs, and non-replicated SSDs, as well as ultra-high performance network storages with three replicas (SSD).

For non-replicated SSDs and ultra-high performance network storages with three replicas (SSD), the snapshot time is not determined.

To take snapshots of local disks residing on dedicated hosts, use Yandex Cloud Backup. This service supports Ubuntu, CentOS, CentOS Stream, and Windows Server.

  1. In the management console, select the folder where the disk is located.
  2. Select Compute Cloud.
  3. Open the tab Disks and choose the disk.
  4. Under Snapshot schedules, click Edit snapshot schedules.
  5. Choose a schedule or create a new one. For more information about setting up schedules, see this guide.
  6. Click Save.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud command line interface yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified in the CLI profile is used by default. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

  1. View the description of the CLI commands for managing disks and schedules:

    yc compute disk --help
yc compute snapshot-schedule --help

  2. Get IDs of disks that are in the default folder:

    yc compute disk list --format yaml

    Result:

    - id: epdcq9g3co9s********
  folder_id: e1ea8s8l71li********
  created_at: "2022-10-13T14:37:44Z"
  name: disk-2
  type_id: network-hdd
  zone_id: ru-central1-a
  size: "21474836480"
  block_size: "4096"
  product_ids:
    - f2euv1kekdgv********
  status: READY
  source_image_id: fd88d14a6790********
  instance_ids:
    - ephothb6lppn********
  disk_placement_policy: {}
- id: fhm7mip40dqh********
  folder_id: e1ea8s8l71li********
  created_at: "2022-10-10T05:00:04Z"
  name: disk-1
  type_id: network-hdd
  zone_id: ru-central1-a
  size: "21474836480"
  block_size: "4096"
  product_ids:
    - f2euv1kekdgv********
  status: READY
  source_image_id: fd88d14a6790********
  instance_ids:
    - fhm1c7u23aiq********
  disk_placement_policy: {}

    For more information about the yc compute disk list command, see the CLI reference.

    To get a list of disks added to a given schedule, you can also use the command:

    yc compute snapshot-schedule list-disks <name_or_ID_of_the_schedule>

    See more info.

  3. Get the name or ID of the schedule:

    yc compute snapshot-schedule list --format yaml

    Result:

    - id: fc852cvb1ipd5********
  folder_id: e1ea8s8l71li********
  created_at: "2022-09-28T13:25:02Z"
  name: sched-1
  status: ACTIVE
  schedule_policy:
    start_at: "2022-10-01T00:00:00Z"
    expression: 59 14 */1 * *
  snapshot_spec: {}
- id: fc89n1j15l7f********
  folder_id: e1ea8s8l71li********
  created_at: "2022-09-27T16:04:13Z"
  name: sched-2
  status: ACTIVE
  schedule_policy:
    start_at: "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z"
    expression: 0 */1 * * *
  retention_period: 3600s
  snapshot_spec: {}
- id: fc8bplhqmh2b********
  folder_id: b8gauskl78li********
  created_at: "2022-10-03T13:28:01Z"
  name: sched-3
  description: Daily
  labels:
    machine: file-server
  status: ACTIVE
  schedule_policy:
    start_at: "2022-12-31T19:04:05Z"
    expression: 10 19 ? * *
  snapshot_count: "7"
  snapshot_spec: {}

    If you do not have a schedule, create one.

  4. Add one or several disks to the schedule:

    yc compute snapshot-schedule add-disks <name_or_ID_of_the_schedule> \
  --disk-id <ID_of_disk_1>,<ID_of_disk_2>

    Result:

    done (3s)
id: fc8e52mvchb2********
folder_id: e1iaui8l7kli********
created_at: "2022-09-28T09:15:28Z"
name: sched-1
status: ACTIVE

Detaching a schedule from a disk

  1. In the management console, select the folder where the disk is located.
  2. Select Compute Cloud.
  3. Open the tab Disks and choose the disk.
  4. Under Snapshot schedules, in the line with the schedule, click and select Detach from disk.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud command line interface yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified in the CLI profile is used by default. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

  1. View the description of the CLI commands for managing disks and schedules:

    yc compute disk --help
yc compute snapshot-schedule --help

  2. Get the name or ID of the schedule:

    yc compute snapshot-schedule list --format yaml

    Result:

    - id: fc852cvb1ipd5********
  folder_id: e1ea8s8l71li********
  created_at: "2022-09-28T13:25:02Z"
  name: sched-1
  status: ACTIVE
  schedule_policy:
    start_at: "2022-10-01T00:00:00Z"
    expression: 59 14 */1 * *
  snapshot_spec: {}
- id: fc89n1j15l7f********
  folder_id: e1ea8s8l71li********
  created_at: "2022-09-27T16:04:13Z"
  name: sched-2
  status: ACTIVE
  schedule_policy:
    start_at: "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z"
    expression: 0 */1 * * *
  retention_period: 3600s
  snapshot_spec: {}
- id: fc8bplhqmh2b********
  folder_id: e1ea8s8l71li********
  created_at: "2022-10-03T13:28:01Z"
  name: sched-3
  description: Daily
  labels:
    machine: file-server
  status: ACTIVE
  schedule_policy:
    start_at: "2022-12-31T19:04:05Z"
    expression: 10 19 ? * *
  snapshot_count: "7"
  snapshot_spec: {}

  3. Get a list of disks used in the current schedule:

    yc compute snapshot-schedule list-disks <name_or_ID_of_the_schedule> \
  --format yaml

    Result:

    - id: epdcq9g3co9s********
  folder_id: e1ea8s8l71li********
  created_at: "2022-10-13T14:37:44Z"
  name: disk-2
  type_id: network-hdd
  zone_id: ru-central1-a
  size: "21474836480"
  block_size: "4096"
  product_ids:
    - f2euv1kekdgv********
  status: READY
  source_image_id: fd88d14a6790********
  instance_ids:
    - epdothb6lppn********
  disk_placement_policy: {}
- id: fhm7mip40dqh********
  folder_id: e1ea8s8l71li********
  created_at: "2022-10-10T05:00:04Z"
  name: disk-1
  type_id: network-hdd
  zone_id: ru-central1-a
  size: "21474836480"
  block_size: "4096"
  product_ids:
    - f2euv1kekdgv********
  status: READY
  source_image_id: fd88d14a6790********
  instance_ids:
    - fhm1c7u23aiq********
  disk_placement_policy: {}

  4. Delete one or more disks from the schedule:

    yc compute snapshot-schedule remove-disks <name_or_ID_of_the_schedule> \
  --disk-id <ID_of_disk_1>,<ID_of_disk_2>

    Result:

    done (3s)
id: fc8e52mvchb2********
folder_id: e1ea8s8l71li********
created_at: "2022-09-28T09:15:28Z"
name: sched-1
status: ACTIVE

See also

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