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Veeam Backup for AWS 3.0
User Guide

Welcome to Veeam Backup for AWS
System Requirements
Licensing

Installing and Removing License
Viewing License Information
Revoking License Units

Architecture Overview
Deployment

Installing Veeam Backup for AWS
After You Install
Uninstalling Veeam Backup for AWS

Accessing Veeam Backup for AWS
Configuring Veeam Backup for AWS

Managing IAM Roles

Adding IAM Roles

Step 1. Launch Add Account Wizard
Step 2. Specify IAM Role Name and Description
Step 3. Specify IAM Role Type and Settings

Specifying Settings for IAM Role
Specifying Settings for Cross-Account IAM Role
Specifying Settings for New IAM Role

Step 4. Finish Working with Wizard

Editing IAM Role Settings
Checking IAM Role Permissions
Removing IAM Roles

Managing Permissions

Adding User Accounts
Editing User Account Settings
Changing User Passwords
Configuring Multi-Factor Authentication

Managing S3 Repositories

Adding S3 Repositories

Step 1. Launch Add Repository Wizard
Step 2. Specify S3 Repository Name and Description
Step 3. Select IAM Role to Access S3 Resources
Step 4. Configure S3 Repository Settings
Step 5. Enable Data Encryption
Step 6. Finish Working with Wizard

Editing S3 Repository Settings
Removing S3 Repositories

Managing Worker Instances

Configuring Worker Instance Settings
Testing File-Level Restore
Editing Worker Instance Settings

Configuring General Settings

Configuring Global Retention Settings
Configuring Global Email Notification Settings

Adding SMTP Accounts
Editing SMTP Accounts

Replacing Security Certificates
Changing Time Zone
Configuring SSO Settings

Performing Backup

How Backup Works

Snapshot Chain
EC2 Backup Chain

Changed Block Tracking

VPC Configuration Backup Chain
Retention Policy

Snapshot Retention
EC2 Backup Retention

CBT Impact on Snapshot Retention

VPC Configuration Backup Retention

Performing EC2 Instance Backup

Creating EC2 Backup Policies

Step 1. Launch Add Policy Wizard
Step 2. Specify Policy Name and Description
Step 3. Configure Backup Source Settings

Step 3.1 Specify IAM Role
Step 3.2 Select AWS Regions
Step 3.3 Select EC2 Instances
Step 3.4 Select EBS Volumes

Step 4. Specify Guest Processing Settings

Enabling Application-Aware Processing
Enabling Guest Scripting

Step 5. Configure Backup Target Settings

Configuring Snapshot Replica Settings
Enabling AWS Tags Assigning
Configuring Image-Level Backup Settings

Step 6. Specify Policy Scheduling Options

Specifying Daily Schedule
Specifying Weekly Schedule
Specifying Monthly Schedule
Specifying Yearly Schedule
Enabling Harmonized Scheduling

Step 7. Review Estimated Cost
Step 8. Specify Retry and Email Notification Settings
Step 9. Finish Working with Wizard

Creating Snapshots Manually

Performing RDS Instance Backup

Creating RDS Backup Policies

Step 1. Launch Add Policy Wizard
Step 2. Specify Policy Name and Description
Step 3. Configure Backup Source Settings

Step 3.1 Specify IAM Role
Step 3.2 Select AWS Regions
Step 3.3 Select RDS DB Instances

Step 4. Configure Backup Target Settings

Configuring Snapshot Replica Settings
Enabling AWS Tags Assigning

Step 5. Specify Policy Scheduling Options

Specifying Daily Schedule
Specifying Weekly Schedule
Specifying Monthly Schedule
Enabling Harmonized Scheduling

Step 6. Review Estimated Cost
Step 7. Specify Retry and Email Notification Settings
Step 8. Finish Working with Wizard

Creating Snapshots Manually

Performing VPC Configuration Backup

Editing VPC Configuration Backup Policy

Step 1. Launch VPC Configuration Backup Wizard
Step 2. Select AWS Regions

Enabling Automatic Protection
Adding AWS Regions Manually

Step 3. Enable Additional Backup Copy
Step 4. Configure Retention Settings
Step 5. Specify Email Notification Settings
Step 6. Finish Working with Wizard

Enabling and Disabling VPC Configuration Backup Policy
Starting and Stopping VPC Configuration Backup Policy

Managing EC2 and RDS Backup Policies

Starting and Stopping Policies
Disabling and Enabling Policies
Setting Policy Priority
Editing Policy Settings
Exporting and Importing Policies

Managing Backed-Up Data

Managing Backed-Up EC2 Instance Data

Removing Backups and Snapshots
Removing Snapshots Created Manually

Managing Backed-Up RDS Instance Data

Removing Snapshots
Removing Snapshots Created Manually

Managing Backed-Up VPC Configuration Data

Removing VPC Configuration Backups
Comparing VPC Configuration Backups
Exporting VPC Configuration

Performing Entire Configuration Export

Step 1. Launch VPC Export Wizard
Step 2. Select Restore Point
Step 3. Specify IAM Identity
Step 4. Choose Export Mode
Step 5. Configure Availability Zone Mapping
Step 6. Configure Peering Connection Settings
Step 7. Specify Amazon S3 Bucket
Step 8. Specify Export Reason
Step 9. Finish Working with Wizard

Performing Selected Items Export

Step 1. Launch VPC Export Wizard
Step 2. Select Restore Point
Step 3. Specify IAM Identity
Step 4. Specify Amazon S3 Bucket
Step 5. Specify Export Reason
Step 6. Finish Working with Wizard

Performing Restore

EC2 Instance Restore

Performing Entire EC2 Instance Restore

Step 1. Launch Instance Restore Wizard
Step 2. Select Restore Point
Step 3. Specify IAM Identity
Step 4. Choose Restore Mode
Step 5. Select AWS Region
Step 6. Enable Encryption
Step 7. Specify Instance Name and Type
Step 8. Configure Network Settings
Step 9. Specify Restore Reason
Step 10. Finish Working with Wizard

Performing Volume-Level Restore

Step 1. Launch Volume Restore Wizard
Step 2. Select Restore Point
Step 3. Exclude EBS Volumes from Restore
Step 4. Specify IAM Identity
Step 5. Choose Restore Mode
Step 6. Select AWS Region and Availability Zone
Step 7. Enable Encryption
Step 8. Specify EBS Volume Name
Step 9. Specify Restore Reason
Step 10. Finish Working with Wizard

Performing File-Level Restore

Step 1. Launch File-level Recovery Wizard
Step 2. Select Restore Point
Step 3. Choose Restore Mode
Step 4. Specify Restore Reason
Step 5. Start Recovery Session
Step 6. Choose Items to Recover
Step 7. Stop Recovery Session

RDS Instance Restore

Step 1. Launch RDS Restore Wizard
Step 2. Select Restore Point
Step 3. Specify IAM Identity
Step 4. Choose Restore Mode
Step 5. Enable Encryption
Step 6. Configure Instance Settings
Step 7. Configure Network Settings
Step 8. Specify Restore Reason
Step 9. Finish Working with Wizard

VPC Configuration Restore

Performing Entire Configuration Restore

Step 1. Launch VPC Restore Wizard
Step 2. Select Restore Point
Step 3. Specify IAM Identity
Step 4. Choose Restore Mode
Step 5. Configure Availability Zone Mapping
Step 6. Review Peering Connection Settings
Step 7. Specify Restore Reason
Step 8. Finish Working with Wizard

Performing Selected Items Restore

Step 1. Launch VPC Restore Wizard
Step 2. Select Restore Point
Step 3. Specify IAM Identity
Step 4. Specify Restore Reason
Step 5. Finish Working with Wizard

Enabling Data Encryption

S3 Repository Encryption
AWS CMK Encryption

Creating Cloud-Native Snapshots
Creating Snapshot Replicas
Restoring From Snapshots and Replicas
Creating Image-Level Backups
Restoring From Image-Level Backups

Viewing Session Statistics
Collecting Object Properties
Updating Veeam Backup for AWS

Checking for Updates
Installing Updates
Viewing Updates History

Getting Technical Support

>User Guide>Performing Backup>Performing EC2 Instance Backup>Creating EC2 Backup Policies>Step 1. Launch Add Policy Wizard

Step 1. Launch Add Policy Wizard

In this article

To launch the Add Policy wizard, complete the following steps.

Navigate to Policies > EC2.
Click Add.

Page updated 2/12/2021

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