You can use Hybrid Backup Recovery (HBR) to back up files from on-premises servers or virtual machines (VMs) and restore the files if needed. HBR provides the two types of backup plans: instant and scheduled. This topic describes how to back up files from on-premises servers or VMs.
Create an instant backup plan
If you need only one-time full backup, perform the following steps to create an instant backup plan:
Create a scheduled backup plan
If you need scheduled backup, perform the following steps to create a scheduled backup plan:
Query files to be backed up
In the HBR console, you can query the list of files to be backed up in each backup plan.
FAQ
If file backup fails due to an unstable network connection, you can perform the following operations and try again:
- Log on to the ECS instance from which files need to be backed up.
- Go to the installation directory of the HBR backup client.
- In the
client
folder, create a file namedhbr.config
.Note Thehbr.config
file must be in the same directory as thehybridebackup
andids
executable files. - Add the following parameters to the
hbr.config
file.Parameter Description retry_times The number of file backup retries. Default value: 3. retry_interval The interval at which file backup is retried. Default value: 100 ms. skip_error_files Specifies whether to skip files that fail to be backed up. Default value: false. - false: does not skip the failed files.
- true: skips the failed files.
The following script shows example configurations of the parameters in the hbr.config file.
retry_times=3
retry_interval=100
skip_error_files=false