Yandex Cloud Backup release notes

Q2 2025Q2 2025

• Implemented automatic connection of Yandex BareMetal servers to Cloud Backup when ordering them from the management console.
• Added new settings for backup policies:
  • Creating LVM snapshots.
  • Sector-by-sector backups.
  • Running skipped jobs after the VM or Yandex BareMetal server loads.
  • Checking backups.
• Discontinued support for the preserveFileSecuritySettings and quiesceSnapshottingEnabled backup policy parameters.
• Supported CentOS 7 for Yandex BareMetal servers.

Q1 2025Q1 2025

You can now use the Yandex Cloud CLI to delete all backups of a specific VM or Yandex BareMetal server.

Q4 2024Q4 2024

• Added support for new operating systems:
  • For Yandex Compute Cloud VMs:
    • Debian 12
    • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
  • For Yandex BareMetal servers:
    • Debian 10
    • Debian 11
    • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Added support for BareMetal server backup management in the management console.
• Added new Yandex Cloud CLI features:
  • Viewing the parameters of backup disks and partitions.
  • Service activation.
  • Connecting and reconnecting a VM with OS Login.

Q3 2024Q3 2024

• You can now add an existing backup policy when creating a VM connected to Cloud Backup from the management console, CLI, Terraform, and API.
• Added support for a new data source in Terraform, yandex_backup_policy, to get information about a backup policy.
• Added a new resource in Terraform, yandex_backup_policy_bindings, to link VMs to backup policies.
• Implemented sending service metrics to Yandex Monitoring.
• You can now create VM backups outside the backup policy schedule using the CLI.
• Added support for Yandex BareMetal server backups.

Q2 2024Q2 2024

• Updated the Cloud Backup agent.
• Added support for new operating systems:
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS OS Login
  • CentOS Stream
• Added support for images with OS Login:
  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS OS Login
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS OS Login
  • CentOS 7 OS Login
• Added the listTasks REST API method for the Resource resource and the ResourceService/ListTasks gRPC API call. You can use them to view the backup activities of connected VMs.
• Added the following parameters to the REST API methods for the Resource resource and to the ResourceService gRPC API calls:
  • initStatus: VM initialization status in Cloud Backup.
  • metadata: Metadata for detailed information about the VM registration process in Cloud Backup.
• Added these events to the service's audit logs:
  • InitResource: Initializing a VM connection to Cloud Backup.
  • UpdateResource: Updating the status of a VM connection to Cloud Backup.

Q1 2024Q1 2024

• In the management console, on the Operations tab, some inherently long-running tasks are now considered asynchronous operations, with a completion percentage added for certain actions.
• Updated the process of applying changes for backup retention rules. By default, new rules will now take effect as soon as another backup is created.
• Added support for creation of a policy with the scheduling.scheme=CUSTOM custom backup schedule scheme. For more information, see Backup policy specification.