| Backup |
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| .. note:: |
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| Backup API is available in Libcloud 1.0.0-pre1 and higher. |
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| .. note:: |
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| This driver is **experimental** - please use to test functionality and develop new driver instances, not for production use. |
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| Backup API allows you to manage Backup as A Service and services such as EBS Snaps, |
| GCE volume snap and dimension data backup. |
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| Terminology |
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| * :class:`~libcloud.backup.base.BackupTarget` - Represents a backup target, like a Virtual Machine, a folder or a database. |
| * :class:`~libcloud.backup.base.BackupTargetRecoveryPoint` - Represents a copy of the data in the target, a recovery point can be |
| recovered to a backup target. An inplace restore is where you recover to the same target and an out-of-place restore is where you |
| recover to another target. |
| * :class:`~libcloud.backup.base.BackupTargetJob` - Represents a backup job running on backup target. |
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| Supported Providers |
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| For a list of supported providers see :doc:`supported providers page |
| </backup/supported_providers>`. |
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| Examples |
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| We have :doc:`examples of several common patterns </backup/examples>`. |
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| API Reference |
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| For a full reference of all the classes and methods exposed by the Backup |
| API, see :doc:`this page </backup/api>`. |
