Performing File-Level Recovery
In case a disaster strikes, you can recover corrupted or missing files of an EC2 instance from a cloud-native snapshot or image-level backup.
Important |
Restore of files and folders is supported only for the following file systems: FAT, FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, XFS, Btrfs. For EC2 instances running Microsoft Windows OSes, Veeam Backup for AWS supports file-level recovery only for basic volumes. |
You can use the following options:
- Download the necessary files and folders to a local machine.
- Restore the files and folders of the source EC2 instance to the original location.
By default, Veeam Backup for AWS restores files and folders to a local machine. If you want to perform restore to the original location, you must enable the Additional restore mode in the restore settings.
Important |
Before you start the restore operation, check the prerequisites described in section Before You Begin. |
To learn how EC2 file-level recovery works, see File-Level Recovery. To learn how to configure network settings that will be used to deploy workers during the restore process, see Managing Worker Configurations.
How to Perform EC2 File-Level Recovery
To recover files and folders of a protected EC2 instance, do the following: