Perform manual backups
A manual backup is user-initiated and is based on a policy. For example, you can use a manual backup to prepare for the upcoming events that are outside scheduled backups, such as system maintenance.
In some cases, it may be useful to create a policy and schedule that is used only for manual backups. Create a policy for manual backups by creating a policy with a single schedule that has no backup window. Without a backup window, the policy can never run automatically.
To perform a manual backup
- On the left, select Protection > Policies.
- Select one or more policy names and click Manual backup.
To perform a manual backup, you must enable the Go into effect at attribute for the policy. If this attribute is set for a future date and time, the backup does not run.
- Choose from the following options:
For a single policy:
Select the schedule and then clients that you want to back up.
Click Backup.
For multiple policies:
To back up all the clients and the default schedules for the selected policies, click Backup all.
To select specific clients and the schedule for each policy, click Specify.
Follow the prompts to continue.