Backup Management

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The Backups tab under a specific cluster in Hybrid Manager provides a centralized view and control panel for managing the backups of that PostgreSQL cluster. This page helps users track, validate, and manage the backup lifecycle efficiently and securely.

Purpose

Backups tab is designed to provide visibility into all backup activities associated with the selected cluster. It supports both monitoring past backups and initiating new ones. It is especially useful for operations and site reliability engineers (SRE) teams to ensure data protection and facilitate recovery processes when needed.

Key features

Monitor backup status
Easily check whether backups were successfully completed or failed, along with timestamps and durations.
Initiate manual backups
Use the Create Backup button to trigger an immediate backup of the cluster.
Review backup metadata
Get detailed insights such as start and stop time, method of backup (e.g., VolumeSnapshot), and the storage location used.
Restore from backups
Use the restore icon (↩️) to initiate recovery from a specific backup point.
Copy backupID
Use the copy icon (📋) to copy the backup identifier for referencing in automation, support cases, or logs.
Delete backups
Use the delete icon (🗑️) to delete the backup manually which are no longer required.

The backups tab provides detailed information of backup jobs with the following columns:

Column	Description
Status	Indicates whether the backup completed successfully (Completed), failed, or is still running.
Name	System-generated name of the backup job.
Start Time / Stop Time	Timestamps showing when the backup started and ended.
Duration	How long the backup took to complete.
Location	The storage destination for the backup (e.g., managed-devspatcher).
Method	The technology used to take the backup (e.g., VolumeSnapshot).