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Updated on 15 September, 2025

Creates a backup of a specified Vultr instance to preserve its current state for disaster recovery or migration purposes.


The vultr-cli instance backup create command creates a backup of a specified Vultr instance, preserving its current state for disaster recovery or migration purposes.

Usage

console
$ vultr-cli instance backup create <Instance ID> [flags]

Flags

Shorthand Long Version Description
-m --dom Day-of-month value (1-28). Applicable to crons: 'monthly'
-w --dow Day-of-week value (0-6). Applicable to crons: 'weekly'
- --hour Hour value (0-23). Applicable to crons: 'daily', 'weekly', 'monthly', 'daily_alt_even', 'daily_alt_odd'

| -t | --type | type string Backup cron type. Can be one of 'daily', 'weekly', 'monthly', 'daily_alt_even', or 'daily_alt_odd'. |

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