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 ==== How do I activate my AnyCast IP? ====
-To activate your AnyCast IP you **must** have a VPS in all of our locations (Las Vegas, New York, Luxembourg). Read the [[anycast_vps|Anycast]] section for more information.
+To activate your AnyCast IP you **must** have a VPS in all of our locations (Las Vegas, New York, Miami and Luxembourg). Read the [[anycast_vps|Anycast]] page for more information.
   - To activate AnyCast click on the "Networking" tab on the Stallion
-  - Click "Assign Anycast IP Address".
+  - Click "Assign Anycast IP Address".  (will be given option to set up to 5 anycast IPs, only one is needed)
   - On each applicable VM, go to Networking tab, ensure Anycast IP is "on`, hit "Save Changes"
   - On each applicable VM, bind regular IP to eth0, Anycast to eth0:0 with only Address and Netmask fields
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-      * Standard naming practice is eth0, eth0:0, eth0:1, etc. I use eth0:v6/eth0:anycast simply to identify bindings easier.
+* Standard naming practice is eth0, eth0:0, eth0:1, etc. I use eth0:v6/eth0:anycast simply to identify bindings easier.
+====How do I use BGP Sessions on the Stallion?====
+We offer BGP Sessions for free. You need to create a ticket to have your Autonomous System Number (ASN) approved in order to use BGP Sessions.
+[still work in progress]
+====How do I backup my VPS?====
+BuyVM offers automatic scheduled  backups starting at **$0.50/mo**. Backups are done every midnight (GMT -7).
+Backups are good incase your VPS has a issue, Hardware issue, disk failures or a incident at the datacenter.
+Backups are **soon** to be stored at a off-site location in Dallas.
+To access backups go to the Stallion, click on your VPS and go to the "Backups & Snapshots" tab.
+If you want to restore from a scheduled backup click on the "Restore" button.
+We also have a "snapshot" option which includes **5 free snapshots** to roll back in case something goes wrong when installing or testing software.
+====How do I use or create a snapshot?====
+Snapshots are a way to "roll back" your VM when testing or installing software and something goes wrong.
+We provide **5 free snapshots**. Please note that this is not like backups, if you want an automated backup system then please read: [[http://doku.cubebuilder.me/doku.php?id=stallion#how_do_i_backup_my_vps|How do I backup my VPS?]]
+If you're going to install or update anything it's best to take a snapshot in case something goes wrong and you lose your data.
+To create a snapshot
+  - Go to the Stallion
+  - Go to your VM
+  - Click "Backups & Snapshots"
+  - Click "Create Snapshot".
+After that a snapshot will be created and show up on the list and you can roll back to it whenever you want.
+====How can I upload my own ISO to the Stallion and install it on my VPS?====
+If an OS you want isn't on the Templates section you are able to upload your own ISO's.
+To do this:
+  - Go to Stallion
+  - Go to your VM
+  - Click on the "CD-ROM" section
+  - Click "Upload ISO"
+  - Put the direct link of ISO you want to upload (ex: example.com/debian-10.iso/)
+  - Click Upload.
+  - Once the ISO is uploaded it will show up on the "Uploaded ISO's" list
+  - Click on "Mount ISO" on the ISO you want to mount to your VM.
+  - Now go to the "Settings" tab and head over to "KVM Settings".
+  - Click on "Boot Order" and click on "(1) CDROM (2) Hard disk" and click "Save Changes"
+  - Power off and power on your VM.
+  - Since you will not have SSH or RDP access, you will need to access the VM using the VNC Option. You can either choose the "Web Based Console" or use your own VNC client by clicking "Direct VNC connection" and copying the details.
+  - After you installed the operating system from the ISO image head over to "CD-ROM" and click "Eject CD-ROM".
+  - Head over to Settings tab, go to the KVM settings and change the boot order from "(1) CDROM (2) Hard disk" back to "(1) Hard Disk (2) CDROM" so your VM doesn't attempt to boot to the CDROM.