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Protect your workloads to help you achieve business-critical recovery point objectives.\n\nSupported data types\n--------------------\n\nGDC backup and restore supports the following data types:\n\n- Kubernetes cluster workload configuration information such as Deployments, StatefulSets, Secrets, ConfigMaps, and custom resources.\n- Virtual machine (VM) instances and local snapshots of VM disks.\n- Harbor registry instances.\n\nSupported backup policies\n-------------------------\n\nGDC backup and restore supports the following policies to manage your data:\n\n- Set backups to occur on a regular schedule.\n- Deploy automated backups.\n- Perform manual backup and restore requests.\n- Use data retention policies to keep or remove data for specific periods of time.\n- Control the backup data location. Store backup data in S3-compatible buckets on local, remote, or disconnected GDC instances.\n\nCluster backup\n--------------\n\nKubernetes cluster backups safeguard your data by capturing the state of your applications, providing both crash consistency and application consistency. You can customize the backup process using pre and post execution hooks and multiple protected application strategies.\n\nBackups are stored in S3-compatible repositories and managed through backup plans, which define their scope and schedule. Restore plans offer pre-configured recovery scenarios, allowing for quick and efficient cluster restoration.\n\nFor more information, see [Cluster backup overview](/distributed-cloud/hosted/docs/latest/gdch/platform-application/pa-ao-operations/cluster-backup/cluster-backup-overview).\n\nVM backup\n---------\n\nGDC VM backups let you back up virtual machine workloads, including their configurations, disk images, and persistent volumes. Manage backups through backup plans, scheduling them regularly or creating them on-demand. Restore VMs to a previous state or recover individual disk snapshots. To begin protecting your VMs, create a backup repository and define your preferred backup plan.\n\nFor more information, see [VM backup overview](/distributed-cloud/hosted/docs/latest/gdch/platform-application/pa-ao-operations/vm-backup/vm-backup-overview).\n\nHarbor instance backup\n----------------------\n\nHarbor backups provide comprehensive protection for your Harbor registry instances, safeguarding against data loss and ensuring business continuity. Schedule automatic backups or create them manually.\n\nDefine retention policies for long-term data management. In the event of a disaster, restore your Harbor instance, including all artifacts and metadata, from a previously created backup.\n\nFor more information, see [Harbor backup overview](/distributed-cloud/hosted/docs/latest/gdch/platform-application/pa-ao-operations/harbor-backup/harbor-backup-overview).\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n- [Cluster backup overview](/distributed-cloud/hosted/docs/latest/gdch/platform-application/pa-ao-operations/cluster-backup/cluster-backup-overview)\n- [VM backup overview](/distributed-cloud/hosted/docs/latest/gdch/platform-application/pa-ao-operations/vm-backup/vm-backup-overview)\n- [Harbor backup overview](/distributed-cloud/hosted/docs/latest/gdch/platform-application/pa-ao-operations/harbor-backup/harbor-backup-overview)"]]