Lock a recovery point

Lock a recovery point to keep it longer than the plan’s retention allows, for example the last one before a big release or a migration. A backup plan keeps a set number of recovery points and merges older ones away automatically. Turning backup off still deletes a locked recovery point, along with every other one.

Before you begin

The node must be running: Lock and Unlock are available only while it runs.

Lock a recovery point

1. In Manage CDP Backups, click the node and open its Backup Recovery Points tab.
2. Open the recovery point’s Actions and click Lock.
3. In the confirmation, click Lock.

Its Status now reads Locked. You can still browse and restore it as usual.

Remove the lock from a recovery point

When you no longer need to keep a locked recovery point:

1. In Manage CDP Backups, click the node and open its Backup Recovery Points tab.
2. Open the recovery point’s Actions and click Unlock.
3. In the confirmation, click Unlock.

Its Status reads Available, and the plan’s retention can merge it away again.

To bring back files from a locked recovery point, see Restore files from a recovery point. For how retention decides which recovery points stay, see Recovery points and retention.