Process overview
Overview of the Jira backup process in Xopero ONE, including backup strategy, backup plan creation, and data protection for individual spaces (projects).
The Jira backup process overview outlines the steps Xopero ONE takes to securely back up your Jira organization's data.
General information
Xopero ONE is designed to protect DevOps ecosystems, including Jira.
With Xopero ONE, you can create separate backup plans for critical and non-critical spaces within the same Jira instance. Each plan can use different rotation scheme, ensuring your entire Jira environment is reliably protected.
For example, you can use the recommended Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS) rotation scheme for backup plans protecting critical spaces and metadata that change daily — or even more frequently. For unused spaces that must be retained for future reference, you can create a separate backup plan with a custom rotation scheme. This type of backup primarily serves Jira archival purposes, and with unlimited retention, copies can be stored for as long as needed — even indefinitely.
You can delete spaces from your Jira account while keeping a copy in storage, which helps bypassing Jira limits.
Backup method
Due to Atlassian API changes that took effect on March 30, 2026, the disaster recovery backup and restore functionalities are no longer available. To ensure continued protection of your Jira data, please switch to the granular backup plan. Data previously protected with disaster recovery backups can still be restored using the disaster recovery or granular recovery option.
When creating a backup plan, you define how Xopero ONE protects your data. For Jira, the default data protection method is granular backup.
Granular backup focuses on individual Jira components, such as issues (work items), spaces (projects), or attachments. In granular backup, each space (project) is handled as an individual task — if an error occurs during execution, only the spaces that were successfully backed up will have a restorable backup available.
The granular data protection method allows you to:
*Select individual data to protect, along with a short description of the dependencies visible in the interface (includes information about object activity history, which is disabled by default because it may affect backup performance).
Backup storage
Xopero ONE is a multi-storage system that allows you to store your data in the cloud, locally, or in a hybrid/multi-cloud environment. You can use different storage types to replicate backups, reduce the risk of outages or disasters, and comply with the 3-2-1 backup rule — which means having at least three copies of your data on two different storage types, with at least one copy stored in the cloud.
Learn more about supported storage types in this article.
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