Manage Cloud Application Backup

You can manage existing backups by modifying their settings, pausing, resuming, or deleting backup tasks, as well as initiating data recovery. To perform these actions: For this:

  1. Sign in to your account in the Dashboard.

  2. Go to Application Backup › Activation & Management.

    The list of existing backup tasks will be displayed.

  3. Click the gear icon () next to the desired backup task and select one of the available actions.

    Depending on the backup task and its state, several of the following actions are available for the backup:

    Action

    Description

    Browse

    Opens the backup selection page to specify which items to include in the backup

    Recover

    Starts the data recovery process

    Run Now

    Initiates an immediate backup

    Pause

    Pauses an active backup task

    Activate

    Reactivates a paused backup task

    Delete…

    Deletes backed-up data and deactivates the backup task

    Undelete

    Restores a previously deleted backup task along with its associated backed-up data

    Settings

    Opens the backup settings page, where you can configure the backup schedule and other parameters

    Manage

    Opens the Management Portal to manage backups for Google, Salesforce, Box, or Dropbox

  4. To delete a backup task along with all associated backed-up data, click Delete…, and then click Apply.

  5. The task status will change to Deleted, and the purge date will be displayed in the header.

  6. To restore a previously deleted backup task and its associated data, click Undelete.

  7. After restoration, the backup task is set to the Paused state. To resume future backups for this task, click Activate next to it.

  8. You can also delete individual items (such as a mailbox, seat, drive, team, or group) within a backup task. To do so, click Browse on the backup task, locate the desired item, and click Delete to remove its backed-up data and stop further backups for that item.

  9. Click Apply to confirm the deletion.



  10. To delete multiple items at once, select the required items, click Mass Actions in the upper-right corner, and choose Delete…



  11. After an individual item is deleted, its purge date is displayed in the Status column.

  12. To restore an individual item, click Browse on the backup task, locate the deleted item, and click Undelete.



  13. The restored item will be in the Inactive state. To resume backups for this item, click Activate next to it.


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