Getting Started with Rackspace Cloud Backup - Overview

Overview

Rackspace Cloud Backup (RCBU) is a file-based backup application that lets you choose which files and folders to backup from your Cloud Server. You can choose to restore your whole system with all of its folders and files, or individual files or folders from a given date, or restore to an entirely different Server. Key features of RCBU include:

• Select the files and folders from your Cloud Server you want to back up
• Run your backups manually or on a schedule that works for you
• See the activity from all your backups, both current and previous
• Use AES-256 encryption with a private encryption key known only to you
• Restore individual files and folders from a particular date
• Save space with incremental backups that only save the changed portions of files
• Create unlimited Backups

RCBU does not take snapshots of your server. To read more about how RCBU differs from snapshots, please see Rackspace Cloud Backup vs. Cloud Server Image Backups.

If you have any questions about Rackspace Cloud Backup, read the RCBU FAQs or visit Cloud Backup's main product page.

For a demo of Rackspace Cloud Backup, check out this video:

In this Getting Started Guidewe'll show you:

• How to Install the RCBU Agent
• How to Create A Backup
• How to View Backup Information
• How to Use the Backup Actions Menu
• How to Use the System Actions Menu
• How to Manage your Notification Preferences

Where to Next?

If you have a Managed Cloud account, you may already have the agent installed on your server. You will know you have the agent when you see your Cloud Server(s) listed under Systems in the Rackspace Cloud Backup control panel. If not, we can install it for you. Check with your account manager and jump ahead to Create A Backup.

Other users should begin with the next page, How to Install the RCBU Agent.