This is an archive version of the document. To get the most up-to-date information, see the current version.Creating EC2 Backup Policies
To create a backup policy, do the following:
- Launch the Add EC2 Policy wizard.
- Specify a backup policy name and description.
- Specify a data protection scope.
- Configure backup source settings.
- Enable guest processing.
- Configure backup target settings.
- Specify a schedule for the backup policy.
- Enable AWS tags assigning.
- Configure automatic retry, health check and notification settings for the backup policy.
- Review estimated cost of the selected EC2 instances.
- Finish working with the wizard.