7. Releasing Nodes from Acronis Backup Gateway¶

An Acronis Backup Gateway is meant to provide access to one specific storage backend. If you need to switch the backend, e.g., from a public cloud to a local Virtuozzo Infrastructure Platform cluster, you need to delete the Acronis Backup Gateway by releasing all its nodes and create a new one.

To release one or more nodes from the Acronis Backup Gateway, select them on the STORAGE SERVICES > Backup > NODES screen and click Release. The Acronis Backup Gateway will remain operational until there is at least one node in it.

Releasing the last node is different as it deletes the Acronis Backup Gateway and unregisteres it from your Acronis backup software, which loses access to the storage backend.

Do the following to release the last node:

1. On the STORAGE SERVICES > Backup > NODES screen, select the last node and click Release.

2. On the Unregister Acronis Backup Gateway panel, choose one of the following:

   1. Graceful release (recommended, see note below). Releases the last node, deletes the Acronis Backup Gateway and unregisters it from your Acronis backup software.

   2. Force release. Releases the last node, deletes the Acronis Backup Gateway but does not unregister it from your Acronis backup software.

      Important

      Choose this option only if you are sure that the gateway has already been unregistered from your Acronis backup software. Otherwise, you will need to register a new gateway in your Acronis backup software and for that you will need to delete and recreate not just the Acronis Backup Gateway but also the entire Virtuozzo Infrastructure Platform cluster.

      

3. Specify the credentials of your administrator account in Acronis Backup Cloud or Acronis Backup Advanced and click NEXT. In case the release is forced, simply click NEXT.