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 Before setting remote backups, please checkout the following important points and the concept of executing a successful backup strategy :\
   * Remote backups work on push principle i.e. to push data to an another Linux machine which allows the N99panel VPS to access it using a SSH Key and to push data using the rsync command.
-  * Multiple backup servers can be added. Any server providing SSH can be used. We recommend storage VPS from Interserver - https://www.interserver.net/vps/storage.html. Price starts from USD 3.0 per TB/month
+  * Multiple backup servers can be added. Any server providing SSH can be used. We recommend storage VPS from Interserver - [[https://www.interserver.net/vps/storage.html|https://www.interserver.net/vps/storage.html]] . Price starts from USD 3.0 per TB/month
   * Multiple backup markers/identifiers can be added. A single backup server can have multiple backup markers/identifiers.
   * Backups once configured, will be attempted by the system cron job. And will be rotated amongst available markers/identifiers.
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+**Step 2 :** Add the backup server details in N99panel using the following navigation
+Dashboard » Remote Backups » Backups Servers » Add a Backup Server
+After adding a backup server, you should also do a 'Health Check' for the same in order to ensure that it can be used for backups
+**Step 3 :** Add the backup marker (one or multiple) using the following navigation
+Dashboard » Remote Backups » Backups Markers/Identifier » Add a Backup Marker
+A backup marker/identifier is a point of backup. The space used on your backup server will be the total space used by the N99panel users multiplied by number of backup markers. For. e.g. if the space utilized by your N99panel users is 30 GB, and if you have 3 backup markers/identifiers, the total space used at the backup server will be 90 GB.
+The cron job (automated task job) on the N99panel VPS with try running backups to a backup marker based on the frequency (in days), the number of backup markers and the internal counter.
+The parameters w.r.t. frequency (in days), cron timing and resetting of internal counter can be done from  within
+Dashboard » Remote Backups » Backup Parameters
+You can also manually push a backup.
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+**To pull a backup, follow the navigation**
+Dashboard » Remote Backups » Pull a Backup
+W.r.t. pulling a backup, you are provided with 3 options
+  * pull_rename_replace - Pull the backup, rename original folder with suffix OLD-current_date, and place backup as original folder
+  * pull_replace - Pull the backup, and replace the original folder with pulled backup
+  * pull - Only pull the backup to a folder named same as the original folder but with suffix BKPMGR-current_date
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+To sum it up, Remote Backups functionality does the heavy lifting of backing the data by providing a multitude of options.