diff --git a/inventory/groups.yaml b/inventory/groups.yaml
index 2eb5172d59..17c9fbee95 100644
--- a/inventory/groups.yaml
+++ b/inventory/groups.yaml
@@ -13,10 +13,17 @@ groups:
   afsadmin: mirror-update[0-9]*.openstack.org
   afsdb: afsdb[0-9]*.open*.org
   ask: ask*.open*.org
+# NOTE: By default we keep the backup-server group empty as an
+# emergency escape hatch if a problem were to propage through
+# production servers.  However, this also means if you add a server to
+# the "backup" group to be backed up, you should uncomment the
+# "backup-server" group for an Ansible pulse so the users & keys are
+# setup on the server(s).  You can submit a follow-on change to revert
+# this at the same time.
   backup:
     - review-dev[0-9]*.open*.org
-  backup-server:
-    - backup[0-9]*.opendev.org
+#  backup-server:
+#    - backup[0-9]*.opendev.org
   cacti: cacti[0-9]*.open*.org
   control-plane-clouds:
     - bridge.openstack.org
diff --git a/run_all.sh b/run_all.sh
index e1617e3205..5f594d9965 100755
--- a/run_all.sh
+++ b/run_all.sh
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ start_timer
 timeout -k 2m 30m ansible-playbook -f 50 ${ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOKS}/service-mirror.yaml
 send_timer mirror
 
+start_timer
+timeout -k 2m 30m ansible-playbook -f 50 ${ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOKS}/service-backup.yaml
+send_timer backup
+
 start_timer
 timeout -k 2m 30m ansible-playbook -f 50 ${ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOKS}/service-registry.yaml
 send_timer registry