Manage a backup plan

Each backup plan has its own Backup Plan Details page. It shows when the plan runs, how many backups it keeps, which volumes it covers and how its last run went. To set up a plan, see Set up a backup plan.

Open a plan

1. Open Infrastructure, then Backup Plans, under Storage & Backups.
2. Select the plan’s name.

You can also open a volume’s plans from its page: select the arrow beside Backup Plans. See Manage a volume.

Read the top of the page

The top of the page shows the plan’s name, its status and a summary such as 2 volumes on 1 server.

The status is one of these:

• Active: the plan runs on its schedule.
• Paused: the plan takes no new backups for now. Backups already made are kept.
• Saving: a change to the plan is being saved.
• Needs Attention: the plan is missing on the platform. Save it again from the server to recreate it.
• Setup Failed: the plan couldn’t be set up. Select Retry on the server’s Backups tab. It sends the same settings again.

Read the plan’s properties

The Properties card lists:

• Name and Status.
• Schedule, when the plan runs, in your time zone. Hold the pointer over it to see the full schedule.
• Retention, how many backups the plan keeps.
• Full Chains Kept, the number of full backups kept. Each full backup starts a chain with up to 6 incremental ones. The oldest chain is deleted when a new one starts.
• Description, when it has one.
• Created and Updated.

Read what it covers

The Covered card lists each volume on the plan, with its size, its device and its server. Select a volume’s name to open its page. When the volume has backups, an arrow ends its row: select it to see them. Its name is View Backups of data-01 (with the volume’s name). A volume with no backups has no arrow. Under Servers, select a server to open it.

• No volumes are on this plan. means the plan runs but backs up nothing. Add a volume to the plan to back it up.
• If the card says volumes were attached after the plan was saved, save the plan again to include them.

Read its runs

The Runs card shows:

• Next Run, when the plan runs next.
• Last Run, when the last run started, or Not Yet before the first run.
• Result, how the last run went: Succeeded, Running, Failed or Not Confirmed. Partly Failed with a count, such as Partly Failed: 1 of 2 Volumes, means some volumes got no backup. Hold the pointer over it to see which ones.
• Ended, when the last run ended.
• Backups Made, how many backups the last run made.

Change the plan

1. Select Edit Plan.
2. Change the frequency, the time or the chains to keep. Every field is explained in Set the backup plan.
3. Select Save Plan.

Pause or resume the plan

Select Pause to stop new backups for a while. Select Resume to start them again. Backups already made are kept either way.

Remove the plan

1. Open the Backup Plan Actions menu and select Remove Plan.
2. Confirm in Remove Backup Plan.

No new backups are made. The backups already made are kept. Delete them from the Backups list when you no longer need them.

Open the Server’s Backups, in the same menu, opens the server’s Backups tab.

If something goes wrong

• This plan isn’t one server’s Backup Schedule set up here, so it can be read on this page but not changed. A plan made outside Lighthouse shows no buttons.
• Backup Plans Couldn’t Be Read means we couldn’t load the plans right now. Your volumes and backups are unaffected. Select Try Again.
• Backup Plan Not Found means it may have been removed, or it belongs to a project you can’t see.
• If the last run Failed, check that the volumes still exist, then wait for the next run. Open a support ticket if it fails again.