Performing Instance Restore
In case of a disaster, you can restore an entire EC2 instance from a cloud-native snapshot, a snapshot replica or an image-level backup. Veeam Backup & Replication allows you to restore one or more EC2 instances at a time, to the original location or to a new location.
How Instance Restore Works
To restore EC2 instances from cloud-native snapshots, Veeam Backup & Replication uses native AWS capabilities. To restore EC2 instances from image-level backups, Veeam Backup & Replication uses different algorithms depending on whether a backup appliance is added to the backup infrastructure:
- If the backup appliance is connected to the backup server, Veeam Backup & Replication uses the restore algorithm described in section Entire EC2 Restore.
- If the backup appliance is not connected to the backup server, Veeam Backup & Replication uses the restore algorithm described in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section How Restore to Amazon EC2 Works.
Note |
Restore to AWS Outposts is available only in the Veeam Backup for AWS Web UI. However, keep in mind that AWS Outpost has an experimental support status. |
How to Perform Instance Restore
To restore an EC2 instance, do the following:
- Check prerequisites and limitations.
- Launch the Restore to Amazon EC2 wizard.
- Select a restore point.
- Specify restore settings.
- Choose a restore mode.
- Select an AWS Region.
- Specify instance type and enable encryption.
- Specify a new name for the instance.
- Configure network settings.
- Specify a restore reason.
- Finish working with the wizard.