Node backups

Back up every server on a node in one go.

Open Admin > Nodes, click a node, then open its Node backups.

Use this before you do something to the whole machine, such as moving it, changing its disks or taking it down for maintenance.

Taking one

Click New node backup.
Type a name, or leave it blank to use the date and time.
Leave Incremental off for a complete copy, or turn it on for a smaller one that shares data with each server's earlier backups.
Click Start a backup.

Every server on the node goes into one batch. A backup runs in the background, so nothing has to come down first.

Some servers cannot be included, and the batch says which.

Those appear under Skipped on the batch, with the reason. Read that list before you rely on the batch being complete.

History lists the batches you have taken, each with a state.

State	Meaning
Pending	Queued, not started.
In progress	Running now.
Completed	Every server in the batch was backed up.
Completed with errors	The batch finished, and at least one server in it did not.
Failed	The batch did not finish.
Cancelled	You stopped it.

Completed with errors is the one to open. Click the batch to see which servers succeeded, which failed, and which were skipped.

Cancel a batch that is still running from the same page.

A node backup is a batch of ordinary server backups, so restore them one server at a time from that server's own Backups tab.

WARNING

There is no single button that puts a whole node back. Restoring is per server, and each restore replaces the files on that server.