# Configuring HPE Morpheus Enterprise Appliance Backup

## About this task

With the groundwork laid in the previous sections, we’re ready to enable and configure HPE Morpheus Enterprise appliance backup.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to Administration > Settings > Backups
2. Slide the switch labeled “Backup Appliance”
3. Click SAVE

## Results

On saving this change, a text link labeled “Backup” will be activated which will take you directly to the automatically-generated appliance backup job. Click this link to continue.

1. Click the EDIT button
2. Enter a name for the appliance backup job if you wish to change it from the default
3. Select the appropriate storage bucket or file share
4. Choose a pre-created backup job. If you do not have an existing backup job that fits, a retention count and schedule can be manually created in this modal. If you manually configure retention counts and schedules in addition to associating a Job, the Job values will override any manual settings.
5. Click SAVE CHANGES

At this point, your appliance will be automatically backed up on the schedule you chose and stored in the selected location. An appliance backup will store backup copies of the appliance MySQL database. Should you need to restore or migrate your database from backup, follow the steps in the next section of this guide.
