Backups with Messages for RabbitMQ
The IBM Cloud® Messages for RabbitMQ backups do not contain the actual messages. Your Messages for RabbitMQ deployment backups contain only configuration data.
For more information on backing up your Messages for RabbitMQ service configurations, see the Managing backups section of the IBM Cloud® documentation.
Review the management responsibilities and terms and conditions that you have when you use Messages for RabbitMQ service.
Concepts and suggestions
The expected operation for a Messages for RabbitMQ deployment is to keep queues short: messages are written and read in a short cycle with focus on throughput. Messages for RabbitMQ deployments are not intended as a data store like other IBM Cloud® offerings.
For message delivery with durability and consistent quality of service, you must use quorum queues.
The Shovel plug-in can also help move messages across instances. While not a backup mechanism, this plug-in can aid in message retention.
Remember, messages are not part of the Messages for RabbitMQ deployment backups regardless of the queue types or plug-ins implemented.
More information on IBM Cloud® can be found in the high availability and disaster recovery section.