Host Pool Backup and Restore

Nerdio Manager allows you to enable automatic Azure backup of pooled and personal host pools.

Configure Host Pool Backups

You can configure host pool backups.

To configure host pool backups:

1. Locate the host pool you wish to work with.

2. From the action menu, select Settings > Backup and Recovery.

3. Enter the following information:

   • Enable Backup: Toggle this option on.

   • Disable backups on VMs that were previously protected by Nerdio Manager: Select this option to stop all VM backups that were created by Nerdio Manager. If not selected, existing protected items are not affected.

   • Vault: Create a new vault, or select an existing vault, to contain the backups for this host pool.

     Note: The vault must be in the same region as the VMs. Backup for VMs that are not in the same region as the vault are skipped.

   • Policy: Create a new backup policy, or select an existing backup policy, for this host pool.

     Note: The backup policy dictates the frequency and retention of backups. The higher the frequency, and the longer the retention, results in higher costs.

   • Schedule: Enter the following schedule information:

     • Frequency: From the drop-down list, select the frequency.

     • Time: From the drop-down list, select the time to run the backup.

     • Time zone: From the drop-down list, select the timezone for the backup.

     • Days: For weekly backups, select the day(s) to run the backup.

   • Retention: Enter the following retention information:

     • Instant recovery snapshots retention days: Type the number of days to retain the instant recovery snapshots.

     • Retention of daily backup point: Type the number of days/weeks to retain the daily backup point.

     • Retention of weekly backup point: For daily backups, from the drop-down list, select the day(s) to retain a weekly backup point. In addition, specify the number of weeks.

     • Retention of monthly backup point: Enable this option to retain a monthly backup point.

       • Configure the monthly backup point, as desired.

     • Retention of yearly backup point: Enable this option to retain a yearly backup point.

       • Configure the yearly backup point, as desired.

4. Once you have entered all the desired information, select Save or Save & close.

Restore a Session Host from a Backup

You can restore a session host from a host pool backup.

To restore a session host from a backup:

1. Within a host pool that has a backup configured, locate the session host you wish to work with.

2. From the action menu, select Restore.

3. From the drop-down list, select the desired restore point and select OK.

   

   The restore task starts, which may take a long time to complete. You can follow the task's progress in the Tasks tab.