Enabling Application-Aware Processing

To enable application-aware processing, at the Guest Processing step of the wizard, set the Enable application-aware snapshots toggle to On.

Limitations and Requirements for Application-Aware Processing

If you plan to instruct Veeam Backup for AWS to create transactionally consistent backups using application-aware processing, in addition to the limitations and requirements for guest processing, consider the following:

  • Application-aware processing is available only for EC2 instances running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 or later.
  • EC2 instances for which you plan to enable application-aware processing must meet the following prerequisites:
  • The EC2 instances must have VSS components installed. To learn how to download and install VSS components, see AWS Documentation.
  • To allow Veeam Backup for AWS to take VSS-enabled snapshots for the EC2 instances, the following permissions must be granted to the IAM roles attached to the instances:

{

   "Version": "2012-10-17",

   "Statement": [

       {

           "Effect": "Allow",

           "Action": "ec2:CreateTags",

           "Resource": [

               "arn:aws:ec2:*::snapshot/*"

           ]

       },

       {

           "Effect": "Allow",

           "Action": [

               "ec2:DescribeInstances",

               "ec2:CreateSnapshot",

               "ec2:DescribeSnapshots"

           ],

           "Resource": "*"

       }

   ]

}

 

To learn how to create IAM roles for VSS-enabled snapshots and grant permissions to them, see AWS Documentation.

Creating EC2 Backup Policy