I haven’t tried it recently, but here is the documentation for adding multiple regions. It may not meet your expectations. Also, the current UI had hidden the regions.
https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.22.0.0/installguide/configuration.html#adding-regions-optional Related discussions: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/discussions/10921 https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/discussions/12115 -Jithin From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, 4 February 2026 at 12:15 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Questions regarding Backup and Recovery Understood. Can I make two separate environments one environment by adding the second cluster as a region? If so, it seems unclear how to “convert” a standalone cluster to another cluster’s region. Thank you On Tuesday, Feb 03, 2026 at 10:33 PM, Jithin Raju <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I am not sure I understood your question correctly. You are trying to restore to a separate CloudStack environment, which is not supported now. This feature can be used within a single CloudStack environment. -Jithin From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, 4 February 2026 at 10:43 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Questions regarding Backup and Recovery Thank you. I’m looking at what it takes to configure or add the existing remote zone. What if the cluster’s pre-existing but were never linked? I see in the docs it mentions designating a zone id during db creation. I did not do this. Can this be done on the remote cluster retroactively? At this point, I basically have two completely individual clusters. Thanks! On Tuesday, Feb 03, 2026 at 8:29 PM, Jithin Raju <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi, Yes you can create an instance from the backup in the same zone or another zone: https://www.shapeblue.com/creating-instance-from-backup/ -Jithin From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, 4 February 2026 at 9:22 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Questions regarding Backup and Recovery I’m experimenting with NAS based backup and recovery using the features present in 4.22. These are KVM based instances. I was able to go through the configuration and execute a backup on an instance. My question is, can this backup be used to restore the instance in a total unrelated cluster? I’m trying to backup instances with the understanding that I may need to restore these instances somewhere else. Thank you
