Creating a Volume Group Backup

Learn how to create an automatic, point-in-time-consistent backups of all the volumes in a volume group.

1. Open the navigation menu and select Storage. Under Block Storage, select Volume Groups.
2. In the Volume Groups list, select Create Volume Group Backup in the Actions menu (three dots) for the volume group you want to create a backup for.
Use the oci bv volume-group-backup create command and specify the --volume-group-id parameter to create a volume group backup of the specified volume group:
```
oci bv volume-group-backup create --volume-group-id <volume_group_ID>
```
For example:
```
oci bv volume-group-backup create --volume-group-id ocid1.volumegroup.oc1.phx.<unique_ID>
```
For a complete list of parameters and values for CLI commands, see the CLI Command Reference.
Run the CreateVolumeGroupBackup operation to create a volume group backup.