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Overview of the Backup Portal

Overview of the Backup Portal

The Backup Portal provides a central access point for managing backups and restores for all of your servers. You can create and run backup jobs, restore data, monitor computers, and processes; all within the Portal.

Starting Cloud Backup Portal

Remember to start your IBM Cloud® VPN connection to get access to the IBM Cloud® private network. The Cloud Backup Portal link doesn't work otherwise.

  1. Log in to the IBM Cloud console. From the menu Menu icon, select Infrastructure VPC icon > Classic Infrastructure.
  2. Click Storage > Cloud Backup to display the backup services.
  3. Click the instance name of the IBM Cloud service to display the instance details.
  4. Click View backup portal to start the portal in your browser.

Pages in the Portal

The portal includes a series of pages where you can perform various tasks for managing backups and restores.

Dashboard

The Dashboard provides notifications and summary information about servers, backups, restores, and activity in your site. In the What’s new section, you can see the newest IBM Cloud® Backup for Classic Announcements along with unconfigured agent information. Such an IBM Cloud Backup for Classic agent can be configured by clicking the Configure Now link or by clicking the computers tab.

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Computers

On the Computers page, you can view server information, configure backup jobs, run jobs, and restore data. For more information about how to configure backup jobs, see Configuring the backup agent and the backup schedule. For more information about how to run jobs, see running your first backup job. For more information about restoring data, see Restoring data from a backup.

Monitor

On the Monitor page, you can view the most recent backup statuses for your jobs, monitor processes, and view logs. You can go from information on the Monitor page to related information on the Computers page or in the Logs window. If you click an online computer name or job name, you can view the computer’s record on the Computers page. If you click a job’s last backup status, you can view the job’s past logs in a separate window.