Routine Security Tasks

Compute Instances

You can create backups of your instances, and use the backups to restore or create new instances. The instance backup is created in an Object Storage bucket. From there, you copy it to another server in your data center for safekeeping. When needed, you can import the backup into any Object Storage bucket, and use it to create instances.

Block Volumes

You can make a backup of a volume when the volume is attached to an instance or while it is detached. You can take manual or create scheduled backups.

File Storage

You can create snapshots which are a consistent, point-in-time view of your file systems.

You can create file system clones, which are a new file systems that are created based on a snapshot of an existing file system.

Managing File System Snapshots

Managing File System Clones

Object Storage

You can use Object versioning, which provides data protection against accidental or malicious object updates, overwrites, or deletions.

You can use Object retention rules, which provide immutable storage options for data written to Object Storage for data governance, regulatory compliance, and legal hold requirements. Retention rules can also protect your data from accidental or malicious writes or deletion. Retention rules can be locked to prevent rule modification and data deletion or modification even by administrators.