Starting and Stopping Policies

You can start a backup policy manually. For example, if you want to create an additional restore point in the snapshot or backup chain and do not want to modify the configured backup policy schedule. You can also stop a running backup policy if processing of a VM instance is about to take too long, and you do not want the policy to produce heavy workload on the production environment during business hours.

Starting Backup Policies

To start a backup policy:

1. Open the Home view.
2. In the inventory pane, select Jobs.
3. In the working area, select the necessary backup policy and click Start on the ribbon. Alternatively, right-click the selected policy and click Start.

Stopping Backup Policies

To stop a backup policy:

1. Open the Home view.
2. In the inventory pane, select Jobs.
3. In the working area, select the necessary backup policy and click Stop on the ribbon. Alternatively, right-click the selected policy and click Stop. In the displayed window, click Yes.

Veeam Backup for GCP will not produce a restore point for instances, which are added to a backup policy, but have not been processed by the time you stop the policy.