When Enable Provider Backup is No, CMP does not run a separate backup engine. It automates scheduled CloudStack volume snapshots on the VM root disk and exposes them in CMP as the VM backup and recovery mechanism — schedule, retain, restore, and bill via the VM Backup package.
Platform Q&A for pay-as-you-go, invoices, pricing formulas, snapshot charges, and tax. Full product guides: Billing overview, Pricing formulas.
CMP uses its own scheduler to run recurring jobs — separate from CloudStack cron or backup-provider schedules. Customers define a schedule policy (frequency, timezone, retention); CMP executes it and stores the results as backups or snapshots.
OpenStack snapshot and backup options for CMP (Cinder volume snapshots, image snapshots, and any backup service your cloud exposes).
Volume Snapshot Schedules are CMP policies that automatically create block storage volume snapshots on a recurring interval. Each run produces a snapshot under Virtual Machines → Snapshots → Volumes Snapshot.
Billing and package setup for Cinder volume snapshots.