Google Compute Engine virtual machine backup strategy

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Does Google Compute Engine provide automatic, scheduled backups for virtual machines? I want to backup entire disk, exactly how I can do it manually, Couldn't find it in their documentation, and if not, what are other strategies for scheduling backups you have used?

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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You can use Compute Engine API to programmatically do automatic snapshot. A similar question has been answered on this thread.

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answered Sep 10 '16 at 03:50

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 24 '21 at 19:22

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Yes, recently GCP announced snapshot schedules which can be used to do exactly what you want. You can refer to the this link to set your schedule either by GCP console or gcloud command.

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answered Feb 25 '19 at 01:27

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Google Compute Engine virtual machine backup strategy

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