Tutorial on starting automatic backups (Backups) in Vultr

Vultr supports automatic backup, which requires us to purchase additional value-added services. After activating automatic backup (Backups), Vultr will regularly back up the entire VPS data according to our settings. The backed up data can be used to restore data or create a new VPS instance, which greatly guarantees data security.

1. Introduction to Vultr automatic backup

The Vultr backup function is a new value-added service in 2019. The price is 20% of the VPS price. For example, for a VPS of US$5, the backup function is US$1.

About Vultr Backups, the introduction of Vultr official website is as follows:

• Backups are stored in the same datacenter as the original instance on a separate, fault-tolerant storage system.
• Automatic backups can be configured to run daily, every other day, weekly, or monthly.
• The time of day, day of week/month that the backup occurs is configurable.
• You can only restore snapshots of the entire server, not individual files.
• Your two most recent backups are stored by Vultr. Older backups are removed after each scheduled interval.
• Backups include the VPS active file system. Backups do not include attached block storage volumes.

Translation:

• The backup is stored in the same Data Center as the original instance, on a separate fault-tolerant storage system.
• Automated backups can be configured to run daily, every other day, weekly or monthly.
• The time of day of the week/month when the backup occurs is configurable.
• You can only restore a snapshot of the entire host, not individual files.
• Vultr only saves 2 backup files at the same time. After each scheduled interval, the older backup will be deleted.
• The backup only includes VPS data and does not include attached block storage volumes.

2. Vultr automatic backup activation tutorial

We have 2 ways to enable automatic backup for our Vultr VPS.

1. Activate the backup function directly when purchasing

In the "Vultr Registration and Purchase Tutorial", we can automatically activate the backup function by checking "Auto Backups" when selecting Additional Features:

2. Purchase backup functions for existing instances

If you have purchased a VPS instance, you can find "Backups" in the Vultr control panel and click "Enable Backups" to enable automatic backup:

3. Vultr automatic backup tutorial

After the automatic backup is generated, we can convert the backup file into a snapshot file, which can be used for data recovery and new VPS:

Introduction to the Vultr snapshot function: "Tutorial on how to use the Vultr Snapshot function to quickly back up host data"

The above is a detailed introduction to the Vultr backup function on this site. For VPSs that store important data, we still need to activate the automatic backup function. If you have not registered a Vultr account, you can participate in the Vultr new user discount (register Free $50): https://www.vultr.com/promo/try50/. For more Vultr tutorials, please refer to "Vultr VPS Special Topic: Vultr Discount Code Collection, Speed ​​Test Address Sharing, Data Center Recommendation".

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