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Veeam Backup for AWS 5a
User Guide
  • Welcome to Veeam Backup for AWS
  • Integration with Veeam Backup & Replication
  • Planning and Preparation
    • Ports
    • AWS Services
    • IAM Permissions
      • Service IAM Role Permissions
        • Service IAM Role in Backup Account
        • Service IAM Roles in Production Accounts
          • Indexing IAM Role Permissions
          • Backup and Restore IAM Role Permissions
      • Repository IAM Role Permissions
      • Policy IAM Role Permissions
        • EC2 Backup IAM Role Permissions
        • RDS Backup IAM Role Permissions
        • EFS Backup IAM Role Permissions
        • VPC Configuration Backup IAM Role Permissions
      • Restore IAM Permissions
        • EC2 Restore IAM Permissions
        • RDS Restore IAM Permissions
        • EFS Restore IAM Permissions
        • VPC Configuration Restore IAM Permissions
      • Full List of IAM Permissions
      • IAM Permissions Changelog
    • Considerations and Limitations
  • Licensing
    • Installing and Removing License
    • Viewing License Information
    • Revoking License Units
  • Architecture Overview
  • Deployment
    • Installing Veeam Backup for AWS from AWS Marketplace
      • After You Install
    • Installing Veeam Backup for AWS from AMI
      • Required IAM Permissions
      • After You Install
        • Step 1. Accept License Agreement
        • Step 2. Choose Configuration Mode
        • Step 3. Specify IAM Identity
        • Step 4. Create Default User
        • Step 5. Install License
        • Step 6. Specify Time Zone
        • Step 7. Finish Working with Wizard
    • Uninstalling Veeam Backup for AWS
      • Deleting CloudFormation Stack
      • Deleting AWS Resources
  • 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 Backup Repositories
      • Adding Backup Repositories
        • Step 1. Launch Add Repository Wizard
        • Step 2. Specify Repository Name and Description
        • Step 3. Configure Repository Settings
        • Step 4. Enable Data Encryption
        • Step 5. Finish Working with Wizard
      • Editing Backup Repository Settings
      • Removing Backup Repositories
    • Managing Worker Instances
      • Managing Worker Configurations
        • Adding Configurations for Backup Account
          • Testing File-Level Restore
        • Adding Configurations for Production Accounts
        • Editing Configurations
        • Removing Configurations
      • Managing Worker Profiles
        • Adding Profiles
        • Editing Profiles
        • Removing Profiles
    • 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 Configuration Backup and Restore
      • Performing Configuration Backup Manually
      • Performing Configuration Backup Automatically
      • Exporting Configuration Backup Data
      • Restoring Configuration Data
        • Step 1. Launch Configuration Restore Wizard
        • Step 2. Choose Backup File
        • Step 3. Review Backup File Info
        • Step 4. Choose Restore Options
        • Step 5. Track Restore Progress
        • Step 6. View Configuration Check Results
        • Step 7. Finish Working with Wizard
  • Viewing Available Resources
    • Adding Resources to Policy
  • Performing Backup
    • How Backup Works
      • EC2 Backup
        • Snapshot Chain
        • Backup Chain
          • Changed Block Tracking
          • Archive Backup Chain
      • RDS Backup
        • Snapshot Chain
      • EFS Backup
        • Backup Chain
      • VPC Configuration Backup
        • Backup Chain
      • Retention Policy
        • EC2 and RDS Snapshot Retention
        • EC2 Backup Retention
          • CBT Impact on Snapshot Retention
          • Retention Policy for Archived Backups
        • EFS Backup Retention
        • VPC Configuration Backup Retention
    • Performing EC2 Backup
      • Creating EC2 Backup Policies
        • Step 1. Launch Add EC2 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
          • 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
          • Enabling Backup Archiving
        • Step 7. Enable AWS Tags Assigning
        • Step 8. Specify General Settings
          • How Health Check Works
        • Step 9. Review Estimated Cost
        • Step 10. Finish Working with Wizard
      • Creating EC2 Snapshots Manually
    • Performing RDS Backup
      • Creating RDS Backup Policies
        • Step 1. Launch Add RDS 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 Resources
        • 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. Specify Retry and Email Notification Settings
        • Step 7. Review Estimated Cost
        • Step 8. Finish Working with Wizard
      • Creating RDS Snapshots Manually
    • Performing EFS Backup
      • Creating EFS Backup Policies
        • Step 1. Launch Add EFS 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 EFS File Systems
        • Step 4. Enable EFS Indexing
        • Step 5. Configure Backup Target Settings
          • Configuring Backup Settings
          • Enabling Additional Backup Copy
        • Step 6. Specify Policy Scheduling Options
          • Specifying Daily Schedule
          • Specifying Weekly Schedule
          • Specifying Monthly Schedule
          • Specifying Yearly Schedule
          • Enabling Harmonized Scheduling
        • Step 7. Enable AWS Tags Assigning
        • Step 8. Specify Retry and Email Notification Settings
        • Step 9. Review Estimated Cost
        • Step 10. Finish Working with Wizard
      • Creating EFS Backups 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, RDS and EFS 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 Data
      • Removing EC2 Backups and Snapshots
      • Removing EC2 Snapshots Created Manually
      • Retrieving Data From Archive
    • Managing Backed-Up RDS Data
      • Removing RDS Snapshots
      • Removing RDS Snapshots Created Manually
    • Managing Backed-Up EFS Data
      • Removing EFS Backups
      • Removing EFS Backups 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 Restore
      • Performing Entire EC2 Instance Restore
        • Step 1. Launch Instance Restore Wizard
        • Step 2. Select Restore Point
        • Step 3. Specify Data Retrieval Settings
        • Step 4. Specify IAM Identity
        • Step 5. Choose Restore Mode
        • Step 6. Enable Encryption
        • Step 7. Specify Instance Settings
        • 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. Specify Data Retrieval Settings
        • Step 4. Specify IAM Identity
        • Step 5. Choose Restore Mode
        • Step 6. Enable Encryption
        • Step 7. Specify EBS Volume Name
        • Step 8. Specify Restore Reason
        • Step 9. Finish Working with Wizard
      • Performing File-Level Restore
        • Step 1. Launch EC2 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 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 Restore Settings
        • Configuring Settings for DB Instances
        • Configuring Settings for Aurora DB Clusters
      • Step 7. Configure Network Settings
      • Step 8. Specify Restore Reason
      • Step 9. Finish Working with Wizard
    • EFS Restore
      • Performing Entire File System Restore
        • Step 1. Launch EFS Restore Wizard
        • Step 2. Select Restore Point
        • Step 3. Specify IAM Identity
        • Step 4. Choose Restore Mode
        • Step 5. Enable Encryption
        • Step 6. Configure General Settings
        • Step 7. Configure Network Settings
        • Step 8. Specify Restore Reason
        • Step 9. Finish Working with Wizard
      • Performing File-Level Restore
        • Step 1. Launch EFS File-level Recovery Wizard
        • Step 2. Choose Restore Type
        • Step 3. Configure Restore Settings
          • Step 2.1 Select Restore Point
          • Step 2.2 Specify Items to Restore
        • Step 4. Specify IAM Identity
        • Step 5. Choose Restore Mode
        • Step 6. Specify Restore Reason
        • Step 7. Finish Working with Wizard
        • Step 8. Open FLR Browser
        • Step 9. Select Restore Point
        • Step 10. Choose Items to Recover
        • Step 11. Stop Recovery Session
    • 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 and Items to Restore
        • Step 3. Specify IAM Identity
        • Step 4. Specify Restore Reason
        • Step 5. Finish Working with Wizard
  • Enabling Data Encryption
    • Backup Repository Encryption
    • AWS KMS Encryption
      • Creating Cloud-Native Snapshots
      • Creating Snapshot Replicas
      • Restoring From Snapshots and Replicas
      • Creating Image-Level Backups
      • Restoring From Image-Level Backups
  • Reviewing Dashboard
  • Viewing Session Statistics
  • Collecting Object Properties
  • Updating Veeam Backup for AWS
    • Checking for Updates
    • Installing Updates
    • Updating IAM Roles
    • Viewing Updates History
  • Getting Technical Support
  • Appendices
    • Appendix A. Creating IAM Roles in AWS
    • Appendix B. Creating IAM Policies in AWS
    • Appendix C. Configuring Endpoints in AWS
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>User Guide>Appendices

Appendices

In this article

    This section provides additional information on how to configure AWS endpoints, AWS Identity and Access Management resources required for Veeam Backup for AWS to perform backup and restore operations.

    In This Section:

    • Appendix A. Creating IAM Roles in AWS
    • Appendix B. Creating IAM Policies in AWS
    • Appendix C. Configuring Endpoints in AWS

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