Restore

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Available in Classic and VPC

Restore describes the layout of the Restore menu page, service limits on restoring data, and how to set up restoration.

Restore interface

The Restore interface includes the following components:
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Component Description
① Menu name Current menu name.
② Basic features Available features when you first enter the Restore menu:
  • [Set restoration]: Click to set a restoration task.
  • [Features and pricing information]: Go to the Backup service overview page.
  • [Refresh]: Reload the Restore page.
③ Restoration task list List of restoration tasks that are set:
  • Original resource (ID): Original resource and auto-assigned ID of the data to be restored.
  • Target resource: Target resource to store the restored data.
  • Source storage: Type of data to restore.
  • Restore target: Directory where the data to be restored is stored.
  • Restoration time point: When the restoration was performed.
  • Status: The current status of the restoration.
    • Succeeded: Data restoration was completed successfully.
    • Failed: Data restoration didn't complete successfully.
    • In progress: Restoration currently being performed.
  • Task: Name of the source task for the data to be restored.
  • Restoration location: Directory where the restored data is to be saved.

Service limits

If you restore data to another server with the Backup service, you have following service limits:

Service Service limits
Common
  • Requires Backup agents on the server you want to restore.
  • If you are still connected to the existing DB, no restoration is performed.
  • Resources from different OS not supported.
File System
  • No service limits.
MSSQL
  • Restoration can only be performed if the following information is the same:
    • OS type
    • DB version
    • Backup agent version
MySQL
  • Restoration can only be performed if the following information is the same:
    • OS type and version
    • DB version
    • Backup agent version
    • sa account and password
PostgreSQL
  • Restoration can only be performed if the following information is the same:
    • OS type and version
    • DB version
    • Backup agent version
  • Before restoring a database, all connections to the database must be terminated by running the PostgreSQL DISCONNECT command.

Set restoration

You can select a time point of backup/remote backup to restore the backup/remote backup data at that point to the desired resource.
To set up a restoration task:

Note
  • To perform a restoration task, there should be a history of complete backup/remote backup prior to setting up the task. For more information, see Job and Remote Backup.
  • Data that has expired its retention period is deleted from storage, so it is not exposed when selecting a restore target. Make sure to restore data before the retention period expires if needed.
  1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to i_menu > Services > Storage > Backup.
  2. Click the Restore menu.
  3. Click the [Set restoration].
  4. When the restoration setting interface appears, set the information of data to be restored and click the [Next].
    • Original resource: Select the original resource for the data to be restored.
      • You can create resources by clicking the [Create resource]. However, you cannot perform a restore task on a resource immediately after its creation as it has no history of performing backup operations.
    • Task: Select task of the data to be restored.
    • Source storage: Select source storage of the data to be restored.
      • Local storage: Storage where backup data is saved.
      • Remote backup storage: Storage where remote backup data is saved.
    • Restoration time point: Select time point for the task of the data to be restored.
      • Most recent backup: The most recent backup or remote backup.
      • Manual selection: You can choose a specific time point of backup or remote backup.
    • Restore target: Select target for restoration.
      • Data: Select restore target from the File System list.
      • DB: Select restore target from the DB list.
  5. After setting the information of the target resource to restore, click the [Next] button.
    • Region/Platform/Zone: Select region, platform, or zone to restore and save the data.
      • If you selected Classic, you can restore data to the server you created in VPC.
      • If you selected VPC, you can't restore data to a server you created in Classic.
    • Target resource: Select target resource to save the restored data to.
      • The resources that have agents installed among the created resources are displayed in the dropdown menu. For more information on creating resources and installing agents, see Create resources and Install agents.
    • If the backup type is DB, select DB instance from the target DB instance list.
    • Restoration location: Select a location to store restored data.
      • Data: Select restore location from the File System list.
      • DB: Set the restore location according to the DB type as follows.
        • MSSQL: Enter the restore location as text.
        • MySQL, PostgreSQL: The restore target selected in step 5 is automatically set as the restore location.
  6. After confirming the settings, click [Begin restoration].
    • Restoration is performed based on the settings, and the task is added to the list with the status of In progress. When the restoration is completed, the result is displayed under Status.