Admin Console (Port 2087) Backups > Incremental Backups Tab 2: Google Drive
BoostonCP Incremental Google Drive Archives Tab

Incremental Backups • Tab 2: Google Drive • Native 1920x1080 View

📌 Purpose & Quick Summary

Use the Google Drive tab to view all deduplicated snapshot archives uploaded to your connected Google Drive storage, trigger an immediate manual snapshot with 1 click, or execute rapid point-in-time restores.

🖥️ Interface Tour & Elements

  1. Header Action Bar: Contains the primary Backup to GDrive Now button.
  2. Incremental Archives Table:
    • File: Name of the snapshot archive containing tenant username and timestamp.
    • Type: Indicates whether the snapshot is a Full Base or Differential/Incremental slice.
    • Size: Exact payload size (differential slices are often only a few megabytes).
    • Date: Exact server creation date.
    • Actions: Restore (reverts account state to this point in time), Download, and Delete.

🛠️ Step-by-Step Instructions: Triggering a Manual Snapshot

  1. Click the Google Drive tab (inc-gdrive-tab).
  2. Click the blue Backup to GDrive Now button.
  3. The notification bar will display "System Backup in Progress...". BoostonCP scans for changed files, extracts differential database dumps, and pushes only the delta blocks to Google Drive.
  4. Once completed, the new snapshot will appear in the archives table.