Compute Instances backup/restore approach

[gcloudLearning]

What is the best approach to schedule  Monthly/ondemand VM instances backup for multiple Vms  in GCP organization .

I came across two methods -

Machine Image 

Backup and DR service

Please let me know out of these 2 what will be more suitable in production env and what is the draw back or limitations with each. I mean which will be easy for backup and restore (when required).

as per this article , they have mentioned that backup and DR is not much mature .https://medium.com/google-cloud/schedule-machine-images-backup-and-dr-solution-for-google-compute-vm...

[Willbin]

Hello @gcloudLearning,

Welcome to Google Cloud Community!

You may use this document for Backup policy best practices.
See also Best practices for Compute Engine disk snapshots

Despite of many risks to your data, you might not be able to anticipate any risk but a strong backup and recovery plan will help you quickly return to normal operation. See Introduction to Google Cloud Backup and DR Service

I hope this helps