Performing EC2 Instance Restore

In case of a disaster, you can restore an entire EC2 instance from a cloud-native snapshot or image-level backup. Veeam Data Cloud for AWS allows you to restore one or more EC2 instances at a time, to the original location or to a new location.

To restore a protected EC2 instance, do the following:

1. Launch the Instance Restore wizard.
2. Select a restore point.
3. Select an account for restore.
4. Choose a restore mode.
5. Enable encryption for EBS volumes.
6. Configure instance settings.
7. Enable encryption for EBS volumes.
8. Configure network settings.
9. Specify a restore reason.
10. Finish working with the wizard.

How Instance Restore Works

To restore EC2 instances from cloud-native snapshots, Veeam Data Cloud for AWS uses native AWS capabilities. To restore EC2 instances from image-level backups, Veeam Data Cloud for AWS restores instance data and recreates the EC2 instances in the original or a new location.