Yandex Cloud Backup release notes

Q2 2026Q2 2026

• Introduced capabilities to connect VMs and servers located outside Yandex Cloud to Cloud Backup. For more information, see these docs:
  • Connecting VMs and servers from outside Yandex Cloud to Cloud Backup
  • Connecting a VM or server from outside Yandex Cloud to Cloud Backup
  • Creating a backup of a resource
  • Recovering an external VM or server from a backup
• Streamlined the process for connecting an existing Compute Cloud VM to Cloud Backup in the management console: you no longer need to attach a service account to the VM or manually install the Cloud Backup agent.
• Added Identity and Access Management access policies to enforce restrictions on certain actions with Cloud Backup resources even if such actions are allowed by user roles.

Q1 2026Q1 2026

• Improved the process for creating a VM with a connection to Cloud Backup in the management console.
• Added the backup.auditor role.

Q4 2025Q4 2025

• Implemented the ability to create, via the management console, a VM connected to Cloud Backup without linking a service account.

• Added support for new backup policy settings:

  • pre-data capture command "prePostCommands":"type":"PRE_DATA_COMMAND"
  • post-data capture command "prePostCommands":"type":"POST_DATA_COMMAND"

  These are similar to the pre- and post-backup commands; however, they are executed as close as possible to the backup snapshot.

• Added a quota for the number of BareMetal servers connected to Cloud Backup per cloud.

Q3 2025Q3 2025

• Released the service for General Availability in the Kazakhstan region.
• Updated the yc backup provider activate Yandex Cloud CLI command with a step requiring explicit confirmation of backup provider activation, as well as the --force flag for activation without confirmation.
• Added new settings for backup policies:
  • Executing commands before and after taking a backup.
  • New run schedule type where you set the interval between the end and start of backups.
• Added new Yandex Monitoring metrics:
  • agent_alive: Cloud Backup agent activity indicator.
  • agent_version_available: Availability indicator for a new Cloud Backup agent version.
  • error: Backup errors.

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.