Cloud Backup provides backup and restore capabilities for protection and long-term archive of the ONTAP cluster data. Backups are automatically generated and stored in the object store in public or private cloud account, independent of volume Snapshot copies used for near-term recovery or cloning.

Backup features

• Back up independent copies of the data volumes to low-cost object storage.
• Apply a single backup policy to all volumes in a cluster or assign different backup policies to volumes that have unique recovery point objectives.
• Tier older backup files to archival storage to save costs
• (Supported when using ONTAP 9.10.1+).
• Backup data is secured with AES-256-bit encryption at-rest and TLS 1.2 HTTPS connections in-flight.
• Configure Customer-managed keys for data encryption instead of using the default encryption keys from your cloud provider.

Restore features

• Restore data from a specific point in time
• Restore a volume, or individual files, to the source system or to a different system
• Restore data to a working environment using a different subscription/account or that is in a different region
• Restores data on a block level, placing the data directly in the location you specify, all while preserving the original ACLs
• Browsable and searchable file catalogues for selecting individual files for single file restore