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Managing Protection

Snapshots​

Create a snapshot​

  1. Navigate to Protection → Snapshots
  2. Click Create snapshot
  3. Select the entity type (Volume or Volume Group) and the target
  4. Optionally enter a snapshot name — one is generated automatically if you leave it blank. Names are validated as you type.
  5. Optionally set a recurring schedule at the same time (see below)
  6. Click Create snapshot

The snapshot appears in the list with its Type (Manual / Scheduled / Backup) and creation time.

Schedule recurring snapshots​

Open a volume (Storage → Volumes) and go to its Snapshots tab, or set the schedule while creating a snapshot.

FieldOptions
ScheduleInherit default, Disabled, Hourly, Daily, Weekly
Retention (days)Snapshots are deleted automatically this many days after creation

A volume inherits the volume group's default, which in turn inherits the system default. The tab shows what it inherited from, and choosing an explicit interval overrides it for that volume only; pick Inherit default to clear the override.

The tab also shows when the last scheduled snapshot ran and roughly when the next one is due.

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Cron expressions are supported through the REST API. An enabled schedule with no interval, or a malformed cron expression, is rejected immediately with a clear error rather than being accepted and silently never running.

Restore from a snapshot​

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Restoring overwrites the current volume data with the snapshot contents. Make sure no clients are actively writing to the volume first.

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

You can also restore from the volume detail dialog's Snapshots tab. Restoring onto a volume that is being deleted is rejected with a clear error.

Copy a snapshot into a new volume​

  1. Select exactly one snapshot
  2. Click Copy and enter a name for the new volume

The copy carries the snapshot's point-in-time data, not the volume's current state. Original and copy can be deleted independently.

Delete a snapshot​

Select one or more snapshots and click Delete. Deleted snapshots cannot be recovered.

Backups​

Create a backup​

  1. Navigate to Protection → Backup
  2. Click Create Backup
  3. Configure:
    • Volume — only volumes that are ready to be backed up are listed
    • Name
    • Type — Full or Incremental
    • Target Location — an NFS or filesystem path
  4. Click Create Backup
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s3:// targets are rejected — S3 backup is not yet supported. The field shows the error inline before you submit.

The list shows each backup's status, volume, type, Target Location, size, and last backup time.

Run a backup now​

Select a backup entry and click Trigger.

Cancel a running backup​

Select a backup that is currently running and click Cancel. The backup is marked failed and its partial data is cleaned up. The button is enabled only while a backup is in progress.

A backup interrupted by a restart resumes and completes on its own.

Restore a backup​

  1. Select a completed backup
  2. Restore it onto the original volume, or — for a full backup — onto a different volume for disaster recovery

Restored files land directly in the volume root. Restoring an incremental backup into another volume is rejected with a message asking for a full backup.

Restore requires the target volume to be Ready and not being deleted.

Delete a backup​

Select one or more entries and click Delete. This removes the backup record; data already written to the target is not deleted.

Migrations​

See Migrating Data In.