Back up and restore a server
Take a backup of a cloud server's disk from the Snapshots tab, see its restore points and roll the disk back to an earlier one.
The Snapshots tab of a server (Compute › Instances › the server › Snapshots) lists the server's Host backups: restore points of its disk kept by the server's host.
Take a backup now
Select Back up now. The backup appears in the list when it finishes. Take one before risky changes, such as an operating system upgrade, so you can roll back.
The list shows when each backup was Taken, its Type, the Disk and its Size.
Restore a backup
- Select Restore next to the backup.
- Read the warning and confirm with Restore.
If something goes wrong
- "No host backups yet." Select Back up now, or ask support to add a backup plan to the server.
- The tab says snapshots aren't available yet. Backups aren't switched on for this server; contact support.
- You can't see the tab's buttons. Your role doesn't include backups; ask an Owner or Admin.
Related
Resize a server
Move a cloud server to a bigger plan for more CPU, memory and disk, with about a minute of downtime and the same IP address and data.
Switch between hourly and monthly billing
Pay a fixed monthly price for a server that runs all month, or switch back to hourly billing, and see exactly when each change takes effect.