Managing Protection

Snapshots

Creating a snapshot

1. Navigate to Protection → Snapshots.
2. Click Create Snapshot.
3. Select the target Volume.
4. Enter a snapshot name.
5. Optionally set a retention period (number of days before automatic deletion).
6. Click Create.

The snapshot appears in the list with status Creating, then transitions to Created once complete.

Restoring from a snapshot

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Restoring a snapshot overwrites the current Volume data with the snapshot contents. Ensure no clients are actively writing to the Volume before restoring.

1. In Protection → Snapshots, select the snapshot to restore from.
2. Click Restore and confirm.

The Volume is restored to the snapshot state. Active mounts on the Volume will reflect the restored data after the operation completes.

Deleting a snapshot

1. Select one or more snapshots.
2. Click Delete and confirm.

Deleted snapshots cannot be recovered.

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Backups

Creating a backup

1. Navigate to Protection → Backups.
2. Click Create Backup.
3. Configure the backup:
   • Source — select the Volume to back up
   • Name — identifier for this backup configuration
   • Mode — full or incremental
   • Schedule — interval in minutes between backup runs
   • Target — select the remote destination to send backup data to
4. Click Create.

Once created, the backup runs on the configured schedule. The Lag column shows how recently the last sync completed.

Failover

If the primary cluster becomes unavailable, you can promote the backup target:

1. Select the backup entry.
2. Click Failover and confirm.

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Failover is a one-way operation. After failover, the target becomes the active source. Contact MangoBoost support through Dashboard → System → Support before performing a failover in a production environment.

Deleting a backup

1. Select one or more backup entries.
2. Click Delete and confirm.

Deleting a backup configuration does not delete data already written to the target.