Managing Manual Backups

Precautions

• Manual backups are full backups.

Creating a Manual Backup

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the service list, choose Databases > GeminiDB Mongo API.
3. Create a manual backup.

   Method 1

   On the Instances page, locate the instance you want to back up and choose More > Create Backup in the Operation column.

   Method 2

   1. On the Instances page, click the instance you want to create a backup for.
   2. Choose Backups & Restorations in the navigation pane on the left, and click Create Backup.

   Method 3

   In the navigation pane on the left, choose Backups. On the displayed page, click Create Backup.

4. In the displayed dialog box, specify a backup name and description and click OK.
   Figure 1 Creating a manual backup
   

   Table 1 Parameter description

   Parameter	Description
   DB Instance Name	Must be the name of the DB instance to be backed up and cannot be modified.
   Backup Name	Must be 4 to 64 characters long and start with a letter. It is case-insensitive and contains only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).
   Description	Can include a maximum of 256 characters and cannot include line breaks or special characters >!<"&'=

5. View the backup status.
   • When the backup is being created, query the backup status on the Backups or Backups & Restorations page. The backup status is Backing up.
   • After the backup is created, the backup status changes to Completed.

Deleting a Manual Backup

If you do not need a manual backup any longer, delete it on the Backups or Backups & Restorations page.

Deleted backups are not displayed in the backup list.

Deleted backups cannot be recovered. Exercise caution when performing this operation.

Method 2

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the service list, choose Databases > GeminiDB Mongo API.
3. On the Backups page, locate the backup that you want to delete and click Delete.
4. In the displayed dialog box, confirm the backup details and click Yes.