Back up now

You can perform an immediate backup on a cluster. Logical backup only supports full data backup. Physical backup supports both full backup and incremental backup.

Procedure

1. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Backup & Recovery > Backup s . Then, click Back up Now in the upper-right corner of the page.

2. Select the objects to be backed up.

   Select the objects from the drop-down list. The system automatically identifies Backup Method and automatically populate the fields of Storage Configuration .

   If the Backup Method is logical backup, you must first install the backup service. For more information, see Install a service.

3. Specify Storage Configuration.

   • If the cluster to be backed up has a backup strategy, the fields of Storage Configuration are automatically populated.

   • Otherwise, you must manually specify the values.

     You can specify the values as prompted or by following the instructions of Step 4 in Create a backup strategy.

     After you specify the values, click Test .

   

4. Select a data backup method.

   For physical backup, select a data backup method. For logical backup, only full backup is supported. Notice

   For physical backup, you must perform a full backup before you can perform an incremental backup. Otherwise, the following error is returned during the precheck: Full data backup needed before incremental data backup.

   Before a full backup, you must perform a major compaction. Otherwise, the following error is returned during the precheck: Cluster compaction needed before full data backup. For more information, see Perform a major compaction

5. Click Back up Now .