Managing Backed-Up Data
To view and manage backed-up data, navigate to the Backups node of the Home view. The node displays information on all restore points created by Veeam Backup for Google Cloud appliances.
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You cannot remove created image-level backups and snapshots from the Veeam Backup & Replication console. To remove restore points of VM and Cloud SQL instances, open the Veeam Backup for Google Cloud Web UI and follow the instructions provided in the Veeam Backup for Google Cloud User Guide, section Removing Backups and Snapshots. |
When you expand the Backups node in the working area, you can see the following icons:
Icon | Protected Workload |
|---|---|
| Indicates that the protected workload is a VM instance. |
| Indicates that the protected workload is a Cloud SQL instance. |
The Backups node contains 4 subnodes:
- The Snapshots subnode displays information on cloud-native snapshots of the protected VM and Cloud SQL instances:
- <appliance_name> nodes show snapshots created manually on Veeam Backup for Google Cloud appliances and snapshots imported to the Veeam Backup for Google Cloud appliances from Google Cloud regions specified in backup policy settings.
- <backup_policy_name> nodes show snapshots created by backup policies.
To learn how Veeam Backup for Google Cloud creates cloud-native snapshots, see the Veeam Backup for Google Cloud User Guide, section Snapshot Chain.
- The External Repository subnode displays information on image-level backups of the protected VM and Cloud SQL instances that are stored in standard repositories.
To learn how Veeam Backup for Google Cloud creates image-level backups, see the Veeam Backup for Google Cloud User Guide, section Backup Chain.
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If a backup chain was originally encrypted and then got decrypted by Veeam Backup & Replication, the backup chain will be marked with the Key icon. |
- The External Repository (Encrypted) subnode displays information on encrypted image-level backups of the protected VM instances that are stored in standard repositories and that have not been decrypted yet, which means either that you have not specified the decryption password or that the specified password is invalid.
To learn how to decrypt backups, see Decrypting Backups.
- The External Repository (Archive) subnode displays information on image-level backups of the protected VM and Cloud SQL instances that are stored in archive repositories.
To learn how Veeam Backup for Google Cloud creates archive backups, see the Veeam Backup for Google Cloud User Guide, section Archive Backup Chain.
