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  • Get started
  • 30-day introductory trial for Backup and DR
    • Overview of the 30-day introductory trial
    • Configure and manage the 30-day introductory trial
  • Quickstarts overview
    • Quickstarts overview
    • Protect and recover an AlloyDB cluster to a backup vault
    • Protect and recover a Cloud SQL instance to a backup vault
    • Protect and recover Compute Engine instances to a backup vault
    • Protect and recover disks to a backup vault
    • Protect and recover IBM Db2 databases on Compute Engine instances in the appliance management console
    • Protect and recover SAP HANA databases on Compute Engine instances in the appliance management console
    • Protect and recover a VMware VM from a backup vault in the appliance management console
    • Protect and recover a VMware VM in the appliance management console
  • Set up Backup and DR
  • Manage IAM roles
  • Configure VPC Service Controls for Backup and DR for appliance-managed backups
  • Provision Backup and DR resources with Terraform
  • Find unprotected resources using protection summary
  • Best practices to defend against ransomware with Backup and DR
  • Create backup plans
  • Backup plans in Google Cloud console
    • Backup plans in Google Cloud console
    • Create and manage a backup plan for vaulted backups
    • Edit a backup plan for vaulted backups
  • Back up your data
  • Overview of backup vaults
  • Overview of backup operations
  • Back up Compute Engine instances
  • Configure application-consistent backups
  • Protect new resources using the default backup plan
  • Migrate a Compute Engine instance backup configuration from the appliance management console to a backup vault
  • Automate protection of Compute Engine instances in the appliance management console
  • Back up disks to a backup vault
  • Back up Cloud SQL instances to a backup vault
  • Back up AlloyDB clusters to a backup vault
  • Back up Filestore instances to a backup vault
  • Backup vaults for immutable and indelible backups
  • Protect your data
  • Overview of Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) with Backup and DR
  • Use CMEK to protect your backups
  • Automate resource protection
  • Configure cyber resilience for Backup and DR
  • Protect project liens by using Privileged Access Manager
  • Restore data
  • Overview of application backup restore operations using the appliance management console
  • Restore a Compute Engine instance from a backup vault
  • Restore a disk from a backup vault
  • Restore a Cloud SQL instance from a backup vault
  • Restore an AlloyDB cluster from a backup vault
  • Restore a Filestore instance from a backup vault
  • Restore long-term retained backups
  • Monitor
  • Monitor jobs in the Google Cloud console
  • Security Command Center and Google SecOps for Backup and DR
  • Audit logs
    • Audit logs
    • Backup and DR audited API operations
    • Backup/recovery appliance event logs
    • Configure log-based alerts for a backup/recovery appliance
    • Configure a log-based alert for vaulted backups
  • Reports
  • Reporting system overview
  • Set up prebuilt reports in BigQuery in the appliance management console
    • Set up prebuilt reports in BigQuery in the appliance management console
    • View Data Studio prebuilt reports in the appliance management console
    • View prebuilt reports in Google connected sheets
    • Custom queries in BigQuery
    • Backup policy details logs for backup/recovery appliances
    • Backup policy details reports in the appliance management console
  • View backup and recovery job logs created on a backup/recovery appliance in Cloud Logging
    • View backup and recovery job logs created on a backup/recovery appliance in Cloud Logging
    • Daily schedule compliance logs in the appliance management console
    • View protected resource logs created on a backup/recovery appliance in Cloud Logging
    • View storage resource usage logs created on a backup/recovery appliance in Cloud Logging
    • View mounted image logs created on a backup/recovery appliance in Cloud Logging
    • View unprotected resource logs created on a backup/recovery appliance in Cloud Logging
    • View connector version logs created on a backup/recovery appliance in Cloud Logging
  • Backup and DR metrics in Cloud Monitoring
  • Set up prebuilt backup plan based reports
    • Set up prebuilt backup plan based reports
    • View backup plan based reports in Data Studio
    • Backup plan reports for vaulted backups
    • Backup and restore job reports for vaulted backups
    • View daily schedule compliance reports for vaulted backups in Cloud Logging.
    • Protected resource reports for vaulted backups
    • Backup vault consumption report for vaulted backups
  • Backup and restore job logs for vaulted backups
    • Backup and restore job logs for vaulted backups
    • Protected resource logs for vaulted backups
    • Backup vault consumption logs for vaulted backups
  • Resource usage metrics in the appliance management console reports dashboard
  • View cost reports
  • Optimize
  • Manage data sources in the Google Cloud console
    • Manage data sources in the Google Cloud console
    • Manage backups in the Google Cloud console
    • Create and manage a backup vault in the Google Cloud console
  • Integrations
  • Use the Backup and DR remote MCP server
  • Troubleshoot
  • Troubleshoot backup failure issues in the appliance management console
  • Backup and DR for appliance-managed backups
  • Backup and DR for appliance-managed backups
  • Cloud credentials required for the backup/recovery appliance
  • Backup/recovery appliance deployment
    • Deployment considerations
    • Set up and plan a backup/recovery appliance deployment
    • Prepare to deploy a backup/recovery appliance
    • Deploy a backup/recovery appliance
  • Prepare data resources for Backup and DR on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Overview
    • Overview of backup vaults managed from the appliance management console
    • Backup and DR for Compute Engine on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Backup and DR for VMware Engine on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Configure Google Cloud VMware Engine for Backup and DR on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Backup and DR for file systems on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Prepare file systems for Backup and DR on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Backup and DR for Microsoft SQL Server on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Prepare SQL Server databases for Backup and DR on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Backup and DR for Oracle on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Prerequisites for backing up an Oracle database on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Prepare Oracle databases for Backup and DR on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Prepare Oracle databases in a Windows environment for Backup and DR on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Backup and DR for other databases
    • Backup and DR for PostgreSQL on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Backup and DR for IBM Db2 on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Backup and DR for SAP ASE on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Backup and DR for SAP HANA on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Backup and DR for SAP HANA Scale-Out on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Prepare SAP HANA scale-out databases for Backup and DR on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Prepare SAP HANA 1+1 and scale-up databases for Backup and DR on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Backup and DR for SAP IQ on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Backup and DR for SAP MaxDB on a backup/recovery appliance
    • Prepare other self-managed databases for Backup and DR on a backup/recovery appliance
  • About the Backup and DR agent for appliance-managed backups
    • About the Backup and DR agent for appliance-managed backups
    • Install the Backup and DR agent on a Linux host for appliance-managed backups
    • Install the Backup and DR agent on a Windows host
    • Maintain the Backup and DR agent for appliance-managed backups
  • Manage application hosts in the appliance management console
    • Manage application hosts in the appliance management console
    • Discover applications on your hosts from the appliance management console
    • Add Microsoft SQL Server & discover databases in the appliance management console
    • Add an Oracle database host, and discover and back up Oracle databases in the appliance management console
    • Add an SAP HANA database host, and discover and protect its databases
    • Add other database hosts and discover other databases in the appliance management console
    • Add a Filestore or any other NFS file system or file share to the appliance management console
    • Add SMB file systems to the appliance management console
    • Add Linux hosts to the appliance management console
    • Add Windows server hosts to the appliance management console
    • Add vCenter/ESX server hosts to the appliance management console
      • Add vCenter/ESX server hosts to the appliance management console
      • Discover and protect VMs in the appliance management console
    • Add generic applications in the appliance management console
    • Add consistency groups in the appliance management console
  • Backup plans in the appliance management console
    • Backup plans in the appliance management console
    • Manage backup templates in the appliance management console
    • Manage backup policies in the appliance management console
    • Manage resource profiles in the appliance management console
    • Add scripts to a backup template in the appliance management console
    • Optimize backup plan policy performance and job scheduling in the appliance management console
    • Ensure backup plan compliance in the appliance management console
    • Configure advanced policy settings in the appliance management console
    • Identify backup plan violations in the appliance management console
    • Best practices for backup policy templates in the appliance management console
    • Back up Compute Engine instances from the appliance management console
    • IAM roles and permissions required to manage Compute Engine instances in the appliance management console
  • Configure application details and settings for VM data in the appliance management console
    • Configure application details and settings for VM data in the appliance management console
    • Configure application details and settings for file systems in the appliance management console
    • Configure application details and settings for Microsoft SQL Server databases in the appliance management console
    • Configure application details and settings for Oracle databases in the appliance management console
    • Set the staging disk format and backup method for SAP HANA scale-out databases
    • Configure application details and settings for SAP HANA databases to be backed up to block or volume-level backups
    • Configure application details and settings for SAP HANA databases to be backed up to Persistent Disk snapshots
    • Set staging disk format and backup method for other database types in the appliance management console
    • Configure application details and settings for other database types in the appliance management console
    • Configure application details and settings for consistency groups in the appliance management console
    • Configure application details and settings for generic applications in the appliance management console
  • Apply a backup template using the appliance management console
    • Apply a backup template using the appliance management console
    • Apply a backup template in the appliance management console
    • Back up a file system in the appliance management console
    • Discover and protect Compute Engine instances in the appliance management console
    • Automate protection of Google Cloud VMware Engine in the appliance management console
    • Back up an Oracle database into a backup vault using the appliance management console
    • Back up Google Cloud VMware Engine into a backup vault using the appliance management console
    • Back up a Microsoft SQL Server database into a backup vault using the appliance management console
    • Back up Microsoft SQL Server instances and databases to appliance-managed backup
    • Back up an Oracle database to an appliance-managed backup
    • Back up a discovered SAP HANA database and its logs to an appliance-managed backup
    • Back up HANA 1+n and HANA scale-out databases to an appliance-managed backup
    • Change SAP HANA protection from volume level backup (LVM CBT) to Persistent Disk snapshot
    • Back up other databases and their logs to an appliance-managed backup
    • Manage logical groups in the appliance management console
    • Back up a consistency group in the appliance management console
    • Back up a generic application in the appliance management console
    • Data replication to another backup/recovery appliance
  • Restore a Compute Engine instance from the appliance management console
    • Restore a Compute Engine instance from the appliance management console
    • Restore and recover VMware vSphere VMs in the appliance management console
    • Restore a file system to the source in the appliance management console
    • Mount and migrate file systems in the appliance management console
    • Restore and recover Microsoft SQL Server databases in the appliance management console
    • Restore and recover Oracle databases in the appliance management console
    • Mount and migrate an Oracle backup for instant recovery to any target in the appliance management console
    • Restore and recover SAP HANA databases in the appliance management console
    • Mount and recover an SAP HANA single-tenant database from a Persistent Disk backup in the appliance management console
    • Restore and recover SAP HANA scale-out databases
    • Mount and migrate an SAP HANA backup for recovery to any target in the appliance management console
    • Restore and recover PostgreSQL databases in the appliance management console
    • Restore other databases and instances to the source in the appliance management console
    • Recover SAP IQ and SAP MaxDB databases to a new target in the appliance management console
    • Recover a Full+Incremental backup of a Db2 database to a new target in the appliance management console
    • Recover a Full+Incremental backup of other SAP databases to a new target in the appliance management console
    • Mount and migrate other types of database backups for recovery to any target in the appliance management console
    • Restore and recover consistency groups in the appliance management console
    • Restore and recover generic applications in the appliance management console
  • Access data in the appliance management console
    • Access data in the appliance management console
      • Overview
      • Mount images in the appliance management console
      • Mount application-aware backups from the appliance management console
      • Mount and migrate SQL Server databases in the appliance management console
      • About clones of VMware VMs or Microsoft SQL Server databases
      • LiveClone backups in the appliance management console
    • Mount backups of Compute Engine instances in the appliance management console
    • Mount VMware VMs in the appliance management console
      • Mount VMware VMs in the appliance management console
      • Clone VMware VMs in the appliance management console
    • Mount Microsoft SQL Server databases in the appliance management console
      • Mount Microsoft SQL Server databases in the appliance management console
      • Mount to Microsoft SQL Always On availability group in the appliance management console
      • Microsoft SQL Server Mount and Migrate
      • Clone Microsoft SQL Server databases in the appliance management console
    • Mount an Oracle backup as a standard mount in the appliance management console
    • Mount an Oracle backup as a virtual database in the appliance management console
    • Mount an SAP HANA backup as a standard mount in the appliance management console
    • Mount an SAP HANA backup as a virtual database in the appliance management console
    • Mount other types of databases and instances in the appliance management console
    • Mount an NFS or SMB file system in the appliance management console