# Managed Backup

IONOS Cloud Managed Backup is a fully integrated backup function offering secure data storage in IONOS Cloud data centers for all data backup application scenarios. Consult our user guides, reference documentation, and FAQs to support your hosting needs.

### Developer Tools

| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Cloud API**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/reference/general-information/core-api-specification#cloud-api) | [<mark style="color:blue;">**Compute SDKs**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/reference/software-development-kits/cloud-api-sdks) | [<mark style="color:blue;">**Config Management Tools**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/reference/general-information/config-management-tools) |
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### Recommended How-To's

| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Setup Backup Units**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/~/revisions/5wuXj7QmyFwJl8Wh3LBN/managed-services/managed-backup/how-tos/backup-units)         | Create data backups within the Data Center Designer. |
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| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Manage Backup Units**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/~/revisions/5wuXj7QmyFwJl8Wh3LBN/managed-services/managed-backup/how-tos/manage-backup-units) | Manage Backup Units with an external application.    |

### Learn More

| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Managed Backup - Frequently Asked Questions**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/~/revisions/5wuXj7QmyFwJl8Wh3LBN/managed-services/managed-backup/managed-backup-faq) |
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### Change Log

10 October 2021 | Live Vertical Scaling Overview section updated