Veeam Backup for AWS 5a
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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>Configuring Veeam Backup for AWS>Managing IAM Roles>Adding IAM Roles

Adding IAM Roles

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    To add an IAM role to Veeam Backup for AWS, complete the following steps:

    1. Launch the Add IAM Role wizard.
    2. Specify a name and description for the IAM role.
    3. Specify IAM role settings.
    4. Finish working with the wizard.

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