Creating a VM or Yandex BareMetal server backup

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Updated at December 19, 2024

To create a backup of a VM or BareMetal server, connect it to Cloud Backup and link it to at least one backup policy. Any backup can only be created within policies.

BareMetal is at the Preview stage.

To learn how to create a BareMetal server backup, see Starting creating a backup.

Cloud Backup automatically creates backups based on the schedule detailed in the policy.

To create an out-of-schedule backup:

Management console

CLI

Note

Currently, the management console supports creating backups only for Yandex Compute Cloud VMs. To create an out-of-schedule BareMetal server backup, use the Yandex Cloud CLI.

In the management console, select a folder to create a backup in.
In the list of services, select Compute Cloud.
Select the VM with the Running status that you want to back up.
Go to the Backups tab.
Click Create backup.
In the window that opens, select the backup policy to create the VM backup under and click Create.

The VM backup creation will start.

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.

View the description of the CLI command to create a backup:
```
yc backup policy execute --help
```

Get the ID of the backup policy the backup will be based on:

yc backup policy list

Result:

+----------------------+----------------------+---------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+
|          ID          |      FOLDER ID       |  NAME   | ENABLED |     CREATED AT      |     UPDATED AT      |
+----------------------+----------------------+---------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+
| abc7n3wln123******** | ghi681qpe789******** | policy1 | true    | 2023-07-03 09:12:02 | 2023-07-03 09:12:43 |
| deflqbiwc456******** | ghi681qpe789******** | policy2 | true    | 2023-07-07 14:58:23 | 2023-07-07 14:58:23 |
+----------------------+----------------------+---------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+

Get the ID of the VM you need to back up:

yc compute instance list

Result:

+----------------------+---------+---------------+---------+--------------+-------------+
|          ID          |  NAME   |    ZONE ID    | STATUS  | EXTERNAL IP  | INTERNAL IP |
+----------------------+---------+---------------+---------+--------------+-------------+
| jklp0o9i8012******** | my-vm-1 | ru-central1-b | RUNNING | 51.250.**.** | 192.168.*.* |
| mnoa5s6d8345******** | my-vm-2 | ru-central1-b | RUNNING | 84.201.**.** | 192.168.*.* |
+----------------------+---------+---------------+---------+--------------+-------------+

To get the BareMetal server ID, select BareMetal from the list of services of the relevant folder in the management console. The ID is specified in the ID field in the line with the relevant server.

Create a backup:

yc backup policy execute \
  --id <policy_ID> \
  --instance-id <VM_or_BareMetal_server_ID>

Where:

--id: ID of the backup policy the backup will be based on.
--instance-id: ID of the VM or BareMetal server you need to back up.

Result:

id: abcsdngawmqv********
description: execute policy
created_at: "2024-08-19T09:38:06.015732Z"
created_by: def9k8luj4qf********
modified_at: "2024-08-19T09:38:06.015732Z"
metadata:
  '@type': type.googleapis.com/yandex.cloud.backup.v1.ExecuteMetadata
  policy_id: hij86k3tu3pu********
  compute_instance_id: klmc87d7q49r********

For more information about the command, see the CLI reference.

Creating a VM or Yandex BareMetal server backup

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