A method for creating a data backup of a virtualized automation solution running on a virtualization server is provided. A computer program having at least one program code instruction with a specification of data and files to be included in the data backup is executed on the virtualization server based on a call from a remote computer, and the data backup is created as part of the execution of the computer program. A hypervisor is executed on the virtualization server. The computer program includes program code instructions that prompt the hypervisor, prior to the creation of the data backup, to write the configuration files thereof to a boot medium of the hypervisor that is detected by the data backup.