Creating a Backup

Introduction

A Trilio Backup is a Kubernetes resource that references the actual backup Trilio creates on the Target. The backup is taken as either a Full or Incremental backup as defined by the user in the Backup CR.

Trilio makes it easy to automatically create your backup plans and all required target and policy CRDs from the Console.

Backup Validation

Before we create a backup, we want to ensure that our backup is storing our latest files in the target. To ensure this is being done, we will create a file on one of the virtual machines to validate the backup.

On the left menu, click on Virtualization → VirtualMachines and on the Project drown down, ensure the project vmimported is selected.
Click on winweb01
Click on the console tab
On the VNC console, enter 15 and hit enter
Run the below commands to create a file on the virtual machine and verify it has been created.
```
echo 'Hello World!' > backup-file.txt
cat .\backup-file.txt
```

Create the Backup

On the left menu, click on Trilio Backups → Backups and click the Create Backup button
On the Backup a namespace form, enter vmimported in the Search by name… field and ensure it is selected. Click Next
For Target, select target-1. For more information on how to create a Backup Schedule or Retention Schedule, refer to this link About Backup Plans and Backups. Click Next
For Backup Name, enter backup-1 and then click Create

Backup Error

If you receive the following error, wait a few seconds and click on Create again. The BackupPlan resource may not yet be available.
Once the Backup a namespace form is submitted, you will be redirected to the Backups landing page. Once the status shows as Available, your backup is complete.

Backup Progress

The backup may take around 10 minutes to complete. If you would like to monitor progress of the backup, click Trilio Backups → Overview and monitor the Activity section for the progress of backup-1.