How Backup Works

Veeam Data Cloud for AWS uses the AWS Backup service to create a cloud-native backup of a DynamoDB table and saves this backup to a backup vault in the same AWS Region in which the source table resides. The backup is assigned AWS tags upon creation. Keys and values of AWS tags contain encrypted metadata that helps Veeam Data Cloud for AWS identify the related table backup.

Supported DynamoDB Table Properties

Veeam Data Cloud for AWS allows you to back up and restore the following table properties:

Supported DynamoDB Table Properties

Property

Description

Ability to Change Property During Restore to New Location

Table name

Name of a DynamoDB table.

Yes

Partition key

First attribute of the primary key.

No

Sort key

Second attribute of the primary key.

No

Global secondary index (GSI) and local secondary index (LSI)

Additional indexes that provide efficient access to the table data.

No

Table class

Defines how often the table data is accessed.

Yes

Capacity mode

Defines how read/write operations are charged and managed.

Yes

Provisioned read/write capacity units

Read/write throughput for the table and its indexes.

Yes

Maximum throughput capacity

Maximum read/write throughput for the on-demand table.

No

Tags

Table identifiers.

No

Deletion protection

Defines whether the table is protected against accidental deletion.

Yes

Server-side encryption

Defines the key used for data-at-rest encryption.

Yes

Point-in-time recovery (PITR)

Defines whether the table data can be restored to any point in time during the last 35 days.

Yes

DynamoDB Time to Live (TTL)

Attribute name with a timestamp that determines when the table items are no longer needed.

No

 

Important

Veeam Data Cloud for AWS does not support the following:

  • CloudWatch alarms
  • Resource-based policies
  • DynamoDB global table feature
  • Adjusted provisioned throughput capacity provided by Amazon DynamoDB auto scaling
  • Item-level modifications captured by Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
  • Time-ordered sequences of item-level modifications captured by Amazon DynamoDB Streams
  • Restore of the configured CloudWatch Contributor Insights diagnostic tool

 

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