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title: "Starting and Stopping Backup Policies"
description: "You can start a backup policy manually, for example, if you want to create an additional backup in the backup chain and do not want to modify the configured backup policy schedules."
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# Starting and Stopping Backup Policies

You can start a backup policy manually, for example, if you want to create an additional backup in the backup chain and do not want to modify the configured backup policy schedules. You can also stop a backup policy if processing of a session is about to take too long, and you do not want the policy to have an impact on the production environment during business hours.

To start or stop a backup policy, do the following:

1. Navigate to the **Backup** tab.
2. From the organization drop-down list, select a Salesforce organization for which the backup policy has been created.
3. Select the necessary backup policy.

   You can filter backup policies displayed on the **Backup** tab by using the icons in the **Show** field at the top of the list. If you select a filter, the settings will apply to all companies and will not change during the current user session until the user changes it manually. That is why if you do not see the necessary policy in the list, make sure that the **All** filter is selected.

4. Click **Run** or **Stop**. Keep in mind that if you run a backup policy, it will automatically launch all backup jobs configured for this policy. For more information on backup jobs, see [Backup Job Types](backup_job_types.md).

   If you stop the running backup policy, in the **Confirm Policy Stop** window, do the following:

   - Click **Hard Stop** to immediately stop the backup policy. In this case, Veeam Backup for Salesforce will interrupt the currently running backup session, and the backup policy will acquire the *Aborted* status.
   - Click **Graceful Stop** to complete backup for Salesforce objects that are already being processed by the backup session. Veeam Backup for Salesforce will stop the policy execution when backup of the processed objects is finished, and the backup policy will acquire the *Stopped* status.

[![Starting Backup Policy](images/backup_policy_start.png "Starting Backup Policy")](images/backup_policy_start.png){.toggle scale=60}