Bookmarking lets you name a manual backup when you run it, so you can find it later and restore to it by name instead of searching for a date and time. This article explains what a bookmark is, how to create and manage bookmarks, and how to restore to one.
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Overview
A bookmark is a name you give a manual backup at the moment you run it. Instead of finding a restore point by date and time, you select the bookmark by name.
A bookmark helps you find a backup. It doesn't change how Rewind stores that backup. Bookmarks are useful when you want a clear reference point — for example alongside an access review, at the start of an incident, or before a bulk deletion.
If you don't see the options in this article, your plan doesn't include bookmarking. Contact your Rewind account team.
Key benefits
- Find a restore point by name instead of searching for a date and time.
- Identify the backup tied to an audit, an incident, or a cleanup.
- Add context to a backup, so you and your team know later why it matters.
What a bookmark is
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A bookmark is a label, not storage.
Rewind deletes a bookmarked backup on the same retention schedule as every other backup on your plan. Bookmarking isn't a legal hold, an archive, or a way to keep data past your retention window. -
You name a bookmark when you run the backup.
You can't add a bookmark to a backup you've already taken. -
A bookmark covers your whole account.
It marks a complete manual backup, so you can't bookmark a scheduled backup or a subset of your data.
Creating a bookmark
To create a bookmark, you run a manual backup of everything.
- Open the Rewind app for your Jira or Confluence account.
- Click Back up now.
- Select Back up everything. The Bookmark event toggle will only appear once you select this option.
- Turn on the Bookmark event toggle.
- Enter a Name of up to 60 characters. Choose something you'll recognize later, for example Before Q3 project migration or After access review.
- Add a Description with more detail about why you're marking this point. This step is optional.
- Click Backup now.
Your bookmark appears with a Pending status and changes to Completed once the backup finishes. If the backup fails, the bookmark shows Failed and you can't use it as a restore point.
Restoring to a bookmark
From the Bookmarks page
- Click the settings icon in the upper right corner and then select Bookmarks from the dropdown.
- Find the bookmark you want, then click Restore.
- Advanced Restore opens with that bookmark already selected. Click Next, then Restore.
From Advanced Restore
- Go to the Advanced restore tab and click Advanced restore.
- Under When would you like to restore to?, select Bookmark.
- Choose your bookmark from the list. You can search for it by name.
- Click Next, then Restore.
You can select a bookmark once its status is Completed. Pending and failed bookmarks appear grayed out.
Managing bookmarks
Viewing your bookmarks
- Click the Settings menu.
- Select Bookmarks.
Each bookmark shows its name, description, when you created it, how many items the backup contained, who created it, and its status. You can search by name or description, and sort by name or date.
Editing and deleting bookmarks
On the Bookmarks page, find the bookmark you want to change, then:
- Click the pencil icon to rename the bookmark or change its description.
- Click the trash icon to delete the bookmark.
You can edit and delete the bookmarks you created. Account and organization admins can edit and delete any bookmark.
Limitations
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Retention is unchanged.
A bookmarked backup ages out on your plan's normal retention schedule. Bookmarking doesn't extend, pause, or protect retention. -
You can't bookmark an existing backup.
You create a bookmark at the moment you run the backup. -
Full backups only.
You can't bookmark a backup configuration, a subset of data, or a scheduled backup. -
Whole-account restore.
Restoring to a bookmark restores the entire account. You can't combine it with Backup Policies, and you can't use it as the restore point for an item-level or granular restore. -
Item counts may be missing.
Some bookmarks don't show an item count, depending on how the backup reported its results. -
Bookmarks age out with their backups.
If the backup behind a bookmark has aged out of retention, selecting that bookmark behaves the same as choosing a date outside your retention window.
Related articles
- Backing Up Your Data — Covers running a manual backup, which is how you create a bookmark.
- Restoring JIRA Data — Covers all restore options for Jira, including Advanced Restore.
- How To: Restoring a Confluence Backup — Covers all restore options for Confluence, including Advanced Restore.
- Item-Level Restores for JIRA — Explains the restore type that bookmarks can't be used with.
Need help?
If you have questions or need assistance, contact help@rewind.com or submit a request.