Automated backup scheduling.
WHY SCHEDULE THEM
A backup routine depending on you remembering does not happen.
WHAT TO SCHEDULE
Whatever your backup method requires: a plugin's command, a script, or a tool.
WHAT TIME
Outside your busy period. Backups consume resources.
For a local audience, overnight local time.
WHAT TO BE CAREFUL WITH
Backups filling your disk.
A daily backup kept indefinitely exhausts your account.
Set a retention limit, and verify old ones are actually removed.
WHERE BACKUPS GO
Not your own account, ideally.
A backup on the same account is lost in the same event.
Configure off-site storage where your tool supports it.
VERIFYING
Check that backups are actually being created, with recent dates.
A backup job that silently stopped is discovered when you need it.
WHAT TO CHECK MONTHLY
That a recent backup exists That old ones are being removed That disk usage is not growing
