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This section provides a workflow to create backups and restores that are scoped to target specific VM workloads, and that occur on a schedule you define.
This workflow is only available through the API. You set the scope and schedule using a VM backup plan. Since this is an API workflow you must create a VirtualMachineBackupPlan resource. This plan defines:
The backup scope:
Lists specific VMs or disks to back up.
Uses labels to select VMs or disks to back up.
The backup schedule: A cron expression that defines when backups occur.
Key resources
You use following API resources in this workflow:
VirtualMachineBackupPlanTemplate: Defines the backup repository used.
VirtualMachineBackupPlan: Defines the scope and schedule of backups.
VirtualMachineBackupRequest: Manually creates a backup.
VirtualMachineRestoreRequest: Restores a VM from a backup.
Prepare roles and permissions
To complete the following workflow, you must have the necessary identity and access roles:
Organization Backup Admin: manages backup resources such as backup and
restore plans in user clusters. Ask your Organization IAM Admin to grant you
the Organization Backup Admin (organization-backup-admin) role. For more
information, see Role
definitions.
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