Backup made easy
In our Backup Center you can easily plan and schedule your backups. Once set up, it conveniently creates backups for you at a time interval you specify. Stop worrying about your data or archiving and focus on your core tasks. In this how-to, we’ll show you how to create your automated backups in Backup Center.
Step-by-step guide
In our How-to we show you how to create a backup plan with just a few clicks.
You can set the intervals for your backups yourself. You can choose between daily, weekly, and monthly backups.
Prerequisites
To create and manage backups, first, create a server at gridscale and connect it to storage.
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Create a backup
1. Go to your storage
Here you can see all available options: You can decide whether you want to create a snapshot or a backup.
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2. Create a backup plan
With a backup plan, your backups are easily created automatically, at a time interval you specify.
![](https://gridscale.io/wp-content/uploads/Backup-Plan-erstellen.webp)
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3. Navigate to the Backup Center
If you have not created a backup yet, the Backup Center is empty.
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Once you have created a backup, all backups will be displayed here.
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Congratulations! You have successfully set up a backup plan!
Roll back backup
1. Navigate to the Backup Center
If there are multiple backups, select the state you want to restore your server to.
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2. Click on “Roll back backup
Important: To roll back your backup, the server must be turned off.
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3. Make a rollback from the storage
After you shut down the server, you can roll back from the storage.
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Turn on the server again
After you perform the rollback, the server will take a moment to get ready.
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Create a new storage from backup
1. Go to the Backup Center and select the “Create a new storage from backup” icon.
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2. Name your backup storage
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Note: It may take a short moment for a storage to be created from your backup.
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Afterwards you will see the created storage in your dashboard.
4. Connect your storage to an “empty” server
Create a server without storage and connect backup storage and server simply by dragging and dropping in the Cloud Panel dashboard.