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How to Create Backup of Your Volume From Windows Machine on connectVM Cloud[🔗](#how-to-create-backup-of-your-volume-from-windows-machine-on-brand-name "Permalink to this headline")
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In this tutorial you will learn how create a backup of your volume on connectVM Cloud cloud. It allows you to save its state at a certain point in time and, for example, perform some experiments on it. You can then restore the volume to its previous state if you are unhappy with the results.
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Those backups are stored using object storage. Restoring a backup will delete all data added to a volume after backup was created.
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What We Are Going To Cover[🔗](#what-we-are-going-to-cover "Permalink to this headline")
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> * Disconnecting the volume from a Windows virtual machine
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> * Creating a backup of a volume
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> * Restoring a backup of a volume
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> * Reattaching a volume to your Windows virtual machine
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Prerequisites[🔗](#prerequisites "Permalink to this headline")
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No. 1 **Account**
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You need a connectVM Cloud hosting account with access to the Horizon interface: <https://console.connectvm.com/>.
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No. 2 **Windows VM**
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You must operate a Microsoft Windows virtual machine running on connectVM Cloud cloud. You can access it using the webconsole ([How to access the VM from connectVM console on connectVM Cloud](../cloud/How-to-access-the-VM-from-connectVM-console-on-connectVM-Cloud.html.md)) or through RDP. If you are using RDP, we strongly recommend using a bastion host for your security: [Connecting to a Windows VM via RDP through a Linux bastion host port forwarding on connectVM Cloud](../windows/Connecting-to-a-Windows-VM-via-RDP-through-a-Linux-bastion-host-port-forwarding-on-connectVM-Cloud.html.md).
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No. 3 **Volume**
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A volume must be connected to your Windows virtual machine.
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Disconnecting the volume from a virtual machine[🔗](#disconnecting-the-volume-from-a-virtual-machine "Permalink to this headline")
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Before creating a backup of your volume, disconnect it.
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On your virtual machine, right-click the Start menu and select **Disk Management**.
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A window similar to this should appear:
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Right-click your attached volume and select **Change Drive Letter and Paths…**. The following window should appear:
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Select the drive letter or mount point of your drive and click **Remove**.
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Note
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If you receive the following warning:
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make sure that the removal does not break your workflow and click **Yes**.
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Shut down the virtual machine and return to the Horizon dashboard: <https://console.connectvm.com/>
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Go to **Volumes** > **Volumes**. You should see your volume there:
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Select **Manage Attachments** from the drop-down menu in the **Actions** column for your volume:
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The following window should appear:
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Click **Detach Volume** and confirm your choice.
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Creating a Backup of Your Volume[🔗](#creating-a-backup-of-your-volume "Permalink to this headline")
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Now that you have detached the volume from your virtual machine, you can make its backup by following these steps:
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> * Go to **Volumes** > **Volumes**.
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> * Choose **Create Backup** from the drop-down menu in the **Actions** column for your volume. You should get the following window:
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* Enter the chosen name for your backup in the **Backup Name** text field. Optionally, you can provide its description in the **Description** text field. Once you’re ready, click **Create Volume Backup**.
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Clicking **Create Volume Backup** initializes the process of backup creation and moves you to the **Volumes** > **Backups** section of the Horizon dashboard. There you should see that your backup is being created.
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The time it takes to create the backup will vary.
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Once the process is over, you should see the status **Available** next to your backup:
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Restoring the backup[🔗](#restoring-the-backup "Permalink to this headline")
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There are two ways of restoring a backup:
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> * You can overwrite an existing volume with the content of the backup. This will delete all data that currently resides on that volume.
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> * You can create a new volume based on the content of the backup.
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Go to **Volumes** > **Backups** section of the Horizon dashboard. In the **Actions** column of the appropriate backup, choose **Restore Backup**. The following window should appear:
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Use **Select Volume** drop-down list to select the volume which your backup will replace. You can also create a new volume from that backup by choosing **Create a New Volume**.
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In either case, click **Restore Backup to Volume**. This will initialize the process of restoring backup and move you to the **Volumes** > **Volumes** section of the Horizon dashboard.
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Once this operation is completed, you should see the status **Available** next to your volume:
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You can now reattach the volume to your virtual machine.
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Reattaching the volume to your virtual machine[🔗](#reattaching-the-volume-to-your-virtual-machine "Permalink to this headline")
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In the **Volumes** > **Volumes** section of the Horizon dashboard, find the row containing your volume. Choose **Manage Attachments** from the drop-down menu in the **Actions** column for it. You should get the following window:
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From the drop-down menu **Attach To Instance** choose the name of the virtual machine to which the volume was previously attached. Click **Attach Volume**.
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Attaching should take up to a few seconds. Once it is completed, you should see appropriate information in the **Attached To** column for your volume:
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Go to **Compute** > **Instances**. Choose **Start Instance** in the row with the virtual machine to which the volume has just been attached. Login to your Windows VM using RDP or the webconsole (see Prerequisite No. 2).
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On your virtual machine, right-click the Start menu and select **Disk Management**. You should receive the following window:
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Note
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If at the bottom of the screen you see status **Offline** next to your attached volume, right-click it and choose **Online** from the context menu.
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Right-click your attached volume and select **Change Drive Letter and Paths…**. The window titled **Change Drive Letter and Paths for New Volume** should appear:
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Click **Add…**. The following window should appear:
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You can choose to either assign a drive letter to your drive or mount it in an empty folder.
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* If you want to assign a drive letter to that volume, choose the **Assign the following drive letter:** radio button. From the drop-down menu to its right choose a letter to which you wish to attach your volume. Confirm your choice by clicking **OK**.
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* If you want to mount the volume to an NTFS folder on your drive, choose **Mount in the following empty NTFS folder:**. Click **Browse…** and in the **Browse for Drive Path** window choose an empty folder in which you wish to mount it. Confirm your choice by clicking **OK**.
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Your volume should now be mounted. If you chose to assign a drive letter, it should be visible in the **This PC** window:
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