Performing Instance Restore
In case a disaster strikes, you can restore an entire EC2 instance from a cloud-native snapshot, replica snapshot 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 Veeam Backup for AWS appliance is added to the backup infrastructure:
- If the Veeam Backup for AWS appliance is connected to the backup server, Veeam Backup & Replication uses the restore algorithm described in the Veeam Backup for AWS User Guide, section Entire EC2 Instance Restore.
- If the Veeam Backup for AWS 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.
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Restore to AWS Outpost is available only in the Veeam Backup for AWS Web UI. To learn how to restore to Outposts, see the Veeam Backup for AWS User Guide, section Performing Entire EC2 Instance Restore. |
How to Perform Instance Restore
To restore an EC2 instance, do the following: