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Set up backups and test a restore
What a backup option covers, what it does not, and how to prove it works.
Last updated 1 August 2026
Backups are not on by default
A backup option exists only where the plan offers it and only once you enable it. Nothing is being copied until you do.Platform backups and your own
- Platform backup
- A copy of the whole disk taken on a schedule you set. Good for machine-level recovery.
- Application dump
- A logical export of a database or of application data. Good for partial recovery and for moving between machines.
Test the restore
- Restore into somewhere harmlessA scratch database, or a second server, never the live one.
- Check the newest dataConfirm that the most recent rows are present, not just that the file opened.
- Time itHow long the restore took is your real recovery objective.
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