Backing Up Your Virtual Machines

If your CloudShell environments are hosted on cloud providers, such as VMware vCenter or Microsoft Azure, it is also recommended to back up your virtual machines.

To back up your virtual machines:

• For Microsoft Azure, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-vms.
• For VMware vCenter, see https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/index.jsp#com.vmware.vsphere.install.doc/GUID-539B47B4-114B-49BC-9736-F14058127ECA.html
• For AWS EC2, see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/EBSSnapshots.html.
• For OpenStack, see https://docs.openstack.org/ops-guide/ops-backup-recovery.html.