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You can\ninclude the backup frequency, the backup retention period, and the [backup vault](/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/concepts/backup-vault)\nlocation to store backups. When you associate a backup plan to a resource,\nthe Backup and DR Service automatically backs up and retains backups for those\nresources according to the configuration in the backup plan.\n\nBefore creating a backup plan, it is necessary to designate the storage\nlocation for your backups. To do so, you must create a [backup vault](/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/concepts/backup-vault).\n| **Note:** The backup vault and backup plan must be in the same project and in [compatible locations](/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/concepts/backup-vault#workload-location-compatibility).\n\nA backup plan has backup rules, where the following applies:\n\n- One or more backup rules can be used.\n- You can define the frequency for backup creation: hourly, daily, weekly,\n monthly, or yearly.\n\n - For weekly backups, you can choose a weekday for the rule.\n - For monthly backups, you can choose a specific day of the month for the rule. For example, the 15th of the month.\n- You can use for both scheduled or on-demand backups.\n\n- Includes a backup window where you can define the specific timeframe of\n when backup jobs can start. The backup window uses the following:\n\n - 24-hour clock format, with start and end times between 00 and 24 hours.\n - A minimum of six hours for the window.\n\nThe backup plan always includes the boot disk even if **Exclude boot disk** is\nchecked in the **Data protection** section of **Machine configuration** , detailed\nin [Create an instance with additional non-boot disks](/compute/docs/instances/create-vm-with-additional-non-boot-disks).\n\nBackup storage consumption\n--------------------------\n\nIn a backup plan, consider the following for backup storage.\n\n- Backups are automatically deleted after the defined backup retention period is reached.\n- The default value for backup deletion is inherited from the minimum retention period of the backup vault used to store those backups.\n- Backup retention periods cannot be less than the backup vault's minimum retention period, it must be equal to or greater than it.\n- Backups created using a backup plan are always immutable and therefore cannot be modified or deleted for the duration of the backup vault's minimum enforced retention period.\n\nBackup plan supported regions\n-----------------------------\n\nBackup plans can be created only in regions where the Backup and DR Service\nis available and where the resources to be backed up are located. To create a\nbackup plan, a backup vault must also be available in a\n[compatible location](/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/concepts/backup-vault#workload-location-compatibility).\nIf you need to create a backup plan in the unsupported regions, use the\n[backup templates](/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/create-plan/create-template) in the management console.\n\nBackup plan is supported in the following regions.\n\n^\\*^ Querétaro, Montréal and Osaka each have three zones housed in one\nor two physical data centers. In the rare event of a disaster, data stored in\nthese regions can be lost.\n\nBackup plan and rule names\n--------------------------\n\nYour backup plan names and rule names must meet the following requirements:\n\n- Contain lowercase letters, numeric characters, dashes (`-`), underscores (`_`), and periods (`.`), spaces are not allowed\n- Start and end with a number or letter\n- Maximum of 63 characters\n- Cannot be represented as an IP address in dotted-decimal notation. For example, `192.0.2.255`\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n- [Create and manage a backup plan for vaulted backups](/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/cloud-console/backup-plan-create)"]]