A server backup is a disk image created in the Image store from a running server instance. The backup command manages the number of archival copies to retain.
Compute v2
Create a server backup image
openstack server backup create
    [--name <image-name>]
    [--type <backup-type>]
    [--rotate <count>]
    [--wait]
    <server>
--name <image-name>¶Name of the backup image (default: server name)
--type <backup-type>¶Used to populate the backup_type property of the backup image (default: empty)
--rotate <count>¶Number of backups to keep (default: 1)
--waitWait for backup image create to complete
serverServer to back up (name or ID)
This command is provided by the python-openstackclient plugin.
 
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