Step 6. Specify Policy Scheduling Options

You can instruct Veeam Backup for AWS to start the backup policy automatically according to a specific backup schedule. The backup schedule defines how often data stored in file systems added to the backup policy must be backed up.

Note

If some of the file systems that you plan to protect have daily automatic backup enabled or a weekly maintenance window configured, you must take into account that automatic backup and maintenance window have a higher priority. If you schedule a backup policy to run approximately at the same time when automatic backup or maintenance window starts, the backup policy will be queued.

To help you implement a comprehensive backup strategy, Veeam Backup for AWS allows you to create schedules of the following types:

Daily — the backup policy will create restore points repeatedly throughout a day on specific days.
Weekly — the backup policy will create restore points once a day on specific days.
Monthly — the backup policy will create restore points once a month on a specific day.
Yearly — the backup policy will create restore points once a year on a specific day.

Combining multiple schedule types together allows you to retain restore points for longer periods of time. For more information, see Enabling Harmonized Scheduling.

Notes

If you do not specify the backup schedule, after you configure the backup policy, you will need to start it manually to create FSx file system backups. For information on how to start backup policies, see Starting and Stopping Policies.

If you disable any configured backup schedule in the backup policy and run the policy, this does not affect the retention settings of already created restore points — their expiration dates will still be determined by the previously applied retention policy.
If you change the retention period configured for any backup schedule in the backup policy, this will affect the expiration dates of already created restore points — their expiration dates will be determined by the newly applied retention policy.