# Backup Plans

## Accessing Backup Plans

1. Log in to the T4K **Management Console**.
2. From the left panel menu, click **Backup & Recovery**.
3. Select one of your clusters from the left panel menu, which displays a dropdown menu for you to select from.
4. From this dropdown menu, select **Backupplans**.
5. From the page displayed, choose what you want to configure or action. Refer to the following image and descriptions in the associated table.

## Backup Plans Overview

![Backup Plans page](https://content.gitbook.com/content/9sDjF5HJP1bf8TtLcgkk/blobs/5oaCsQU7egmhFxTwCvNX/backupplanlist.png)

<table><thead><tr><th width="110.33333333333331">Field No.</th><th width="247">Field/Button Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Namespace selector</td><td>This dropdown lists all namespaces in the selected cluster alphabetically. Click one or all to display the selection.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Search</td><td>The search field may be used to find the backup plan that you want to display. The list filters as you type.</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Selector checkboxes</td><td>Checkboxes may be selected/deselected to enable Create Backup, Create Snapshot or Create Restore buttons and can also facilitate comparision of two plan's YAMLs or to view backup and restore summary of multiple backup plans at a time.</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Schedule icon</td><td>This icon indicates whether a backup has a schedule configured or not.</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Encryption Icon</td><td>The icon indicates wather the target is Encrypted or not.</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Immutable Target Icon</td><td>This icon indiactes if the backupplan plan is created using a immutable target.</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Continuous Restore Icon</td><td>This indicates if continuous restore confugrations are provided in the backup plan.</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Collapse Icon</td><td>This icon opens a dropdown with options to view Backups or Snapshots, redirecting to their respective overview pages.</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>View Backups</td><td>This option redirects to Backup Overview page.</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>View Snapshots</td><td>This option redirects to Snapshot Overview page.</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Filters by backup plan type</td><td><p>Use this filter dropdown fields to narrow your search for backup plans of a certain type. The options are:</p><ul><li><strong>All</strong></li><li><strong>Operator</strong></li><li><strong>Helm</strong></li><li><strong>Custom</strong></li><li><strong>Namespace</strong></li><li><strong>Multi-namespace</strong></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Create Backup</td><td>This button is usd in combination with Selector checkbox button, select one backuplan and click this button to create a backup.</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Create Snapshot</td><td>This button is usd in combination with Selector checkbox button, select a plan and click this button to create a snapshot.</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Create Restore</td><td>This button is usd in combination with Selector checkbox button, select a plan and click this button to create a restore (if there is atleast one available backup or snapsot of that plan).</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Create New</td><td>Create a new backup plan by selecting this dropdown. Select from <strong>Application</strong>, <strong>Single Namespace</strong>, or <strong>Multi-namespace</strong>. Refer to: <a data-mention href="backupplans/create-backup-plans">create-backup-plans</a></td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Actions</td><td><p>This button displays a dropdown menu of further actions that can be taken in relation to a single backup. Menu options are:</p><ul><li><strong>Edit</strong></li><li><strong>Create Backup</strong></li><li><strong>View Backup &#x26; Restore summary</strong></li><li><strong>View YAML</strong></li><li><strong>Delete</strong></li></ul><p>Refer to: <a data-mention href="backupplans/backupplan-actions">backupplan-actions</a></p></td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Bulk Actions</td><td>This button is used in combination with Selector checkbox button , select one or more plans to view backup and restore summary or select any two plans to compair YAMLs.</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Setting</td><td>This is to adjust the columns visibility in listing.</td></tr></tbody></table>