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Scheduling Automatic Snapshots

You can automate your disaster recovery plan by configuring Scheduled Snapshots. This ensures you always have a recent copy of your server without manual intervention.

Snapshot vs. Managed Backup:
Snapshots capture the entire disk image. You cannot restore individual files from a snapshot.
If you need file-level recovery (e.g., "restore just index.php"), please use our Managed Backup Service instead.

How to set up a schedule

  1. Log in to the MyTilaa Dashboard.
  2. Navigate to your VPS overview.
  3. Click on the tab Snapshots.
  4. Click the button Create schedule.
  5. Choose your interval: Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.
  6. Click Start Schedule.
Snapshot scheduling interface

Important Behaviors

1. No Downtime (Online Snapshot)

Unlike manual snapshots (which usually shut down the server), scheduled snapshots are performed Online. Your VPS remains running and accessible during the process.

Data Consistency Warning:
Because the server keeps running, open files (like active databases) might be captured in a "crash-consistent" state.
For mission-critical databases, we recommend either stopping services via a cronjob before the snapshot time, or using offline backups.

2. Rotation (Overwriting)

The scheduler keeps only one snapshot per schedule.

  • When the new snapshot runs (at midnight), the previous scheduled snapshot is automatically deleted and overwritten.
  • You do not build up a history (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3) unless you manually create extra snapshots.

3. Pricing

The scheduling feature itself is free to use. However, the storage of the snapshot counts towards your quota.

  • First Snapshot: Free of charge.
  • Additional Snapshots: If you have a manual snapshot and a scheduled one, the second one is billable. See our pricing page.