1st of the Month Backup Policy

Introduction

This backup policy is designed to take one remote snapshot per month, specifically on the 1st day of each month at 23:00 UTC. It uses a monthly retention strategy, keeping one backup per month for the last 12 months.

Scheduler Configuration

Frequency: Monthly, on the 1st day of every month at 23:00 UTC
Retention Rule: - Keep one backup per month for the last 12 months

Snapshot Timeline (1 Year)

After one year of operation:

You will have 12 monthly backups (one for each of the past 12 months)
Older backups (beyond 12 months) are automatically deleted

Total snapshots retained after 1 year: 12

API Summary

Endpoint:

POST /api/2.0/backupschedulers/

JSON Payload:

{
  "type": "backup",
  "name": "1st of the month backup",
  "enable_backup_policy_notifications": true,
  "enable_retention_policy_notifications": false,
  "is_default": false,
  "is_enabled": true,
  "manual_incremental_backup": "",
  "retention_policy": {
    "name": "Keep 12 Month",
    "rules": [
      {
        "period": "months",
        "quantity": 12
      }
    ]
  },
  "incremental_backup": {
    "day_of_week": [],
    "day_of_month": "1",
    "month": "",
    "hour": "23",
    "minute": "0",
    "repeat": {
      "hour": "",
      "minute": ""
    },
    "start_time": {
      "hour": 7,
      "minute": 0
    },
    "end_time": {
      "hour": 6,
      "minute": 45
    }
  },
  "user_timezone": "Etc/UTC",
  "remote_location": "TBC"
}