---
title: "Enables periodic backup of stateful partitions under this Service Fabric application."
method: POST
path: "/Applications/{applicationId}/$/EnableBackup"
tags: ["BackupRestore"]
---

# Enables periodic backup of stateful partitions under this Service Fabric application.

`POST /Applications/{applicationId}/$/EnableBackup`

Enables periodic backup of stateful partitions which are part of this Service Fabric application. Each partition is backed up individually as per the specified backup policy description. 
Note only C# based Reliable Actor and Reliable Stateful services are currently supported for periodic backup.

## Path parameters

- `applicationId` string, required

## Query parameters

- `api-version` '6.4', required
- `timeout` integer

## Request body

- EnableBackupDescription — Specifies the parameters needed to enable periodic backup.
  - `BackupPolicyName` string, required — Name of the backup policy to be used for enabling periodic backups.

## Response `202`

A 202 status code indicates the request to enable application backup has been accepted.

## Other responses

- `default` — The detailed error response.

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