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.

Veeam Backup for AWS can launch worker instances in the following AWS accounts:

• The backup account — an AWS account to which the service IAM role specified to launch worker instances belongs. Veeam Backup for AWS uses this account to launch worker instances for backup, restore and backup retention operations — unless instructed to launch the worker instances in production accounts.
• Production accounts — the same AWS accounts where the processed resources belong. Veeam Backup for AWS uses these accounts to launch worker instances for EFS indexing, backup and restore operations.

To allow Veeam Backup for AWS to use a production account when deploying worker instances for a backup or restore operation, this functionality must be enabled in the backup policy or restore settings.

In This Section

• Adding Configurations for Backup Account
• Adding Configurations for Production Account
• Editing Configurations
• Removing Configurations