Skip to main content

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.cloud.red/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

Taking Backups On-Demand can be initiated from a few different locations in the Cloud.Red portal.
They can be initiated from the Backups and Device Groups sections.

ā€‹
Taking Backups Via the Backups Section

Taking backups from the Backups section is the best way to get started.
Click ā€œBackupsā€ on the left menu to enter the section. The section includes an interactive walk-through that can be started by clicking the help icon in the lower right-hand corner
To take a backup, first select the device in the drop-down you wish to take a backup for. Then, click the backup button and confirm via the pop-up dialog: You will see status regarding your backups in the lower right-hand corner and when completed a notification in the upper right-hand corner.

ā€‹
Taking Backups Via the Device Groups Section

Click ā€œDevice Groupā€ on the left menu to enter the section.
To take a backup, first select the menu icon of the device groups you wish to initiate backups for and select ā€œBackupsā€ From the pop-up dialog, select the devices in the group you wish to initiate backups for and press ā€œCreateā€ to start the backups:

ā€‹
Min.MB

The ā€œMin.MBā€ option allows you to specify the amount of space the Cloud.Red Agent will require to be available on the BIGIPā€™s /var partition before executing. If this amount of space is not available on the BIGIPā€™s /var partition, creation of the backup will be skipped.
You will see status regarding your backups in the lower right-hand corner and when completed a notification in the upper right-hand corner.