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  1. Managing Backups

One-Click Manual Backups

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While Cloudback automatically backs up your repositories daily, you can also create manual backups at any time. Manual backups are useful in the following scenarios:

  • When testing a newly configured backup storage

  • When you need to download the latest version of your repository with waiting for automated backups

  • When you aim to secure a specific version of your repository, eg:

    • Before making significant changes to your repository

    • Before deleting a repository

    • Before transferring a repository to another user

    • Before migrating a repository to another platform

Creating a manual backup

Follow these steps to create a manual backup:

  1. Go to the .

  2. Find the repository you want to back up.

  3. Trigger the manual backup for the repository:

    • Card view: Click the Trigger Backup button in the repository card.

    • Table view: Select the repository row and click the Trigger Backup button in the bottom toolbar.

Please be aware that are not sent out for manual backups. This feature is exclusively available for automatic backups.

Trigger the manual backup for the repository in the card view:

Trigger the manual backup for the repository in the table view:

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