Remote Backup

Available in Classic and VPC

You can set up, edit, and delete a remote backup job in the Remote Backup interface. See items you need to check before creating a remote backup job.

Remote backup is a redundancy feature that prevents data loss by securely replicating backup data to storage in a separate zone. By using remote backup feature, you can quickly recover original data even if the backup data store fails or data is lost.

Remote Backup interface

The Remote Backup interface includes the following components:

You can set up, edit, and delete a remote backup job in the Remote Backup menu. See items you need to check before creating a remote backup job.

Items to check before creating a remote backup job

Before creating a remote backup job, you need to check the remote backup targets by remote backup time, data retention period, and the pricing for the remote backup job as follows:

Initial remote backup target

• Full and incremental backup: You can select all full and incremental backup data which retention period has not expired at the time of setting up the remote backup job as the remote backup target.

• Full backup: Among the backup data since the creation of the remote backup job, the most recently performed full backup is selected as the remote backup target.

Remote backup targets after initial remote backup

• Full and incremental backup: All backup data created since the last remote backup until the next remote backup is selected as the remote backup target.
• Full backup: Among the data since the last remote backup until the next remote backup, the most recently performed full backup data is selected as the remote backup target.

Retention period for backup data of remote backup target

Regardless of the retention period, the backup data is stored until the remote backup is completed. However, you cannot use this backup data to recover data after the expiration date, and there will be no charge for it.

Retention period of the remote backup data

The backup retention period of the remote backup data is set at the execution time of the original backup as the standard, not the execution time of the remote backup.

Remote backup pricing criteria

You will be charged from the time the remote backup job is performed until the remote backup data retention expiration date.

Remote backup job scenarios (examples)

The target backup data for remote backup may vary depending on the time when the remote backup job is created and started. The following are example scenarios of remote backup job by remote backup target: (As of April 2024)

• Original backup schedule: Perform full backup once a week and daily for incremental backup.

The backup data created according to the backup schedule is as follows:

• Remote backup schedule
  • Remote backup scheduled date: April 16
  • Retention period: 14 days

1. If "Incremental and full backup" is selected for remote backup target

• First remote backup target
  • As of April 16, the remote backup scheduled date, every full backup and incremental backup file created before that date that has not expired its retention period is targeted for remote backup.
  • If the first target file for remote backup is an incremental backup file, then the full backup that it is based on and any subsequent incremental backups are also included as targets for remote backup (regardless of the expiration of retention period).
  • All full backup and incremental backup files that have not expired their retention period at the time the schedule for the targets and at the time of remote backup job described above will be subject to remote backup.
    
    
• Remote backup targets after initial remote backup: All backup data created from the last remote backup job until the next job is selected as remote backup targets.

Remote backup target files depending on the remote backup settings are as follows:

2-1. If "Full backup" is selected for remote backup target

• First remote backup target

  • The most recent full backup file that was created after April 16, the remote backup scheduled date, that has not expired its retention period is targeted for remote backup.
  • If there is no full backup file created at the time the remote backup is performed, or if there are no full backup file created during the week (week start: Sunday), the file cannot be subject to remote backup.

• Remote backup targets after initial remote backup: The most recent full backup data from the last remote backup until the next remote backup job is selected as remote backup target.

Remote backup target files depending on the remote backup settings are as follows:

2-2. If "Full backup" is selected and immediate backup file outside of the backup schedule created

Remote backup target files depending on the remote backup settings are as follows:

Create remote backup job

You can create remote backup jobs for backup data redundancy. To create a remote backup job:

1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to Menu > Services > Storage > Backup > Remote Backup.
2. Click [Set remote backup].
3. When the remote backup setting interface appears, set the information of the remote backup job and click [Next].
   • Remote backup name: Enter a unique name for managing the remote backup job.
     • The name should start with an English letter and be between 3-30 characters, consisting of lowercase English letters, numbers, and hyphens (-).
   • Job: Select the job for remote backup target.
   • Zone: Zone where remote backup data will be saved.
   • Connecting storage: Name of the storage created in the selected zone.
   • Remote backup target: Select target to perform remote backup.
     • Full and incremental backup: Perform remote backup for both full and incremental backup data.
     • Full backup: Perform remote backup for full backup data only.
   • Retention period: Set the period for storing the remote backup data.
     • The default retention period is 7 days and can be set from a minimum of 7 days to a maximum of 365 days, depending on your remote backup cycle. Also, the retention period must be set to at least 2 times as long as your remote backup cycle. For more information on the retention period, see Retention period for remote backup data.
   • Remote backup cycle: Select the cycle to perform the remote backup job.
     • Daily: Set a Start time to perform daily remote backup jobs.
     • Weekly: Set the Start day and Start time for performing weekly remote backup jobs.
     • Monthly: Select the Schedule criteria for performing monthly remote backup jobs, select the Start day or Start date based on the selected schedule criteria, and then set the Start time.
       • For the Start day, you can select the first or last week.
       • If you select the Start date as the Last day of the month, the backup job runs on that day.
       • If the selected Start date does not exist in a month, the remote backup job is not performed.
         • Example: If you set the Start date to the 31st, the remote backup job is performed in 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12
   Caution

   If the target backup data is the same as the most recently performed full backup data, the volume of remote backup is set to 0 for the job.
   To avoid this, when selecting remote job cycle as "Weekly", you must set the different days for the original backup schedule and the remote backup.

4. Check the content of the notification popup and click [OK].
5. After confirming the settings, click [Start].
   • The remote backup job appears in the list with the status Creating, and the status changes to Created when the settings are finished.

Edit remote backup job

You can edit the retention period of the remote backup data, the remote backup cycle, and the start time of the remote backup. To edit the information of a remote backup job:

1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to Menu > Services > Storage > Backup.
2. Navigate to Remote Backup.
3. In the remote backup list, click to select the remote backup job to edit, and then click [Edit].
4. When the popup for editing remote backup appears, apply the modifications and click [Edit].
   • The status of the remote backup job is displayed as Editing, and changes to Created when the editing is complete.

Immediate backup for remote backup

You can perform immediate backup for the remote backup data. To perform immediate backup:

1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to Menu > Services > Storage > Backup.
2. Navigate to Remote Backup.
3. In the remote backup list, click to select the remote backup job to perform immediate backup, and then click [Immediate backup].
4. Click [Run] to start immediate backup.

Delete remote backup job

To delete a remote backup job:

1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to Menu > Services > Storage > Backup > Remote Backup.
2. In the remote backup list, click to select the remote backup job to delete, and then click [Delete].
3. View the delete job popup, click the check box, and click [Delete].
   • The status of the remote backup job is displayed as Deleting and disappears after it's deleted completely.