Updated on 2026-10-29 GMT+08:00

Creating a BMS Backup

  1. On the Cloud Server Backups page, click the Vaults tab and locate the vault that is associated with the server.
  2. Click Perform Backup in the Operation column. In the server list, select the server you want to back up. After a server is selected, it is added to the list of selected servers.
  3. Set Name and Description for the backup.

    Parameter

    Description

    Example Value

    Name

    Name of the backup to be created.

    Only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-) are allowed. Maximum length: 64 characters

    NOTE:

    You can also use the default name manualbk_xxxx.

    If multiple servers are backed up, the system automatically adds suffixes to their backup names, for example, backup-0001 and backup-0002.

    manualbk_d819

    Description

    A description of the backup to be created.

    Maximum length: 255 characters

    -

  4. Determine whether to enable Full Backup. If full backup is enabled, the system will perform a full backup for every associated server. This requires more capacity than an incremental backup.

    By default, the first backup is a full backup, and subsequent backups are incremental backups.

    For details, see What Are Full Backup and Incremental Backup?

  5. Click OK. The system automatically creates a backup for the server.

    On the Backups tab, when the status of the backup changes to Available, the backup task is successful.

    When manually backing up a cloud server, you can restart the server after the backup progress exceeds 10%. However, to ensure data integrity, avoid restarting it before the backup is complete.