Enable automatic local backups

You can enable automatic local backups and configure a regular interval for when local backups will be taken for your application instances. A maximum of 1,024 local backups for an instance is supported, based on the backup interval and the backup retention settings.

Automatic local backups are stored in the storage pool assigned to the VDC. These backups are also used as the source when you enable quick DR or external backups. If you do not enable automatic local backups, manual local backups will be used as the source for quick DR backups or external backups.

Note

In ThinkAgile CP, Release 5.1.5, you cannot specify the number of backups to be kept.

Complete the following steps to enable automatic local backups:

1. Log in to the ThinkAgile CP Cloud Controller as an infrastructure admin or VDC manager user.
2. Navigate to the details page for your application instance, and click the Backups tab.
3. Click Set Up Backups.
   Figure 1. Set up backups button
   
   
4. On the Backup Settings Overview page, click Next.
   Figure 2. Backup Setting Overview
   
   
5. On the Local Backups page, configure the following options:
   Note

   In ThinkAgile CP Release 5.1.5, backup interval settings and retention settings have changed. If you created automatic backups for an instance with an earlier release of ThinkAgile CP (before Release 5.1.5), the backup interval settings and retention settings you specified will continue to work until you choose to update those settings. However, if you set up backups for a new instance, you must use the updated backup interval settings and retention settings.

   Figure 3. Local Backups
   
   
   1. Validate that Enable Local Backups is selected.
   2. Choose how often backups should occur.

      You can choose from 15 minutes up to 24 hours.

      
      
      
   3. Choose how long backups should be kept.
      
      
      
   4. Specify when the local backups should begin.

      The default is to start as soon as you complete the backup wizard. Click Start now to choose a specific time to being creating backups.

      
      
      

      Note

      The time is relative to the timezone specified in account settings.

6. Click Next.

   The Quick DR Backups page is displayed. Click Next.

   For information about enabling local backups, see the following topic:

   Enable quick DR backups for an instance

7. The External Backups page is displayed. Click Next again.

   For information about enabling external backups, see the following topic:

   Enable external backups for an instance

8. Click Save to save your configuration.

   The Local Backups configuration is displayed. Because Start Now was specified as the time to begin taking local backups, the first automatic backup is displayed.

   Figure 4. Local Backups configuration completed