This is an archive version of the document. Starting from version 11, the Veeam Backup for AWS User Guide is part of the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide. To get the most up-to-date information, see the current version.

Managing Worker Configurations

A configuration is a group of network settings that Veeam Backup for AWS uses to deploy worker instances in a specific AWS Region to perform data protection, disaster recovery, backup retention and EFS indexing operations. Veeam Backup for AWS deploys one worker instance per each AWS resource added to a backup policy, restore, indexing or retention task.

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