Managing backups

Back up nowCopy Anchor Link

Click Backup now on the Databases page or on a database's page to run a backup outside the schedule. Any member of the workspace can start one.

• Manual backups count toward a daily limit per database: 12 on Starter and 48 on Pro, over a rolling 24 hours. Past it you'll see Starter allows 12 manual backups per database per day.
• Only one backup of a database runs at a time. If one is already running or queued, you'll see A backup of production is already running or already queued.
• Manual backups are marked Manual with the name of the person who started them.

Cancel a backupCopy Anchor Link

While a backup is queued or running, click Cancel on its page or next to Backup now. Nothing is stored for a cancelled backup, and it is marked Cancelled.

Find backup filesCopy Anchor Link

• Storage lists backup files from every database, in one folder per database.
• A database's Backups tab lists that database's backups.
• Activity shows backup runs, restore tests and changes people made, as they happen.
• Analytics charts backup runs, data written, backup duration and storage by engine.

Each backup's page shows its stored and uncompressed size, duration, who started it, how it is encrypted, its Backup ID and checksum, the tables it contains, its restore test and every restore made from it.

Delete a backupCopy Anchor Link

Owners and admins can delete a backup from its page with the trash icon, then Delete backup. The backup, its encrypted file in backupd Storage and its restore history are deleted for good. This can't be undone.

You can't delete a backup that is still running, or one that a restore is using.

Copies in your own bucket are not deleted.