Questions tagged [aws-backup]
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AWS Backup from S3 Access Denied
I am trying to setup a simple on-demand backup of an s3 bucket in AWS and anything I try I always get an access denied. See screenshot:
I have tried create a new bucket which is completely public, I've tried setting the access policy on the Vault,…

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How to view the size of an AWS backup vault?
How can I know the data size of my AWS backup vault?
I can't find any instruction to view the data size of the vault in this document.
The reason I want to know the data size of the vault is that my AWS Backup costs me too much money. So I'd like to…

Brian
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restoring DynamoDB table from AWS Backup
I am using AWS Backup to back up some DynamoDB tables. Using the AWS Backup console to restore the back-ups I am prompted to restore to a new table. This works fine but my tables are deployed using CloudFormation, so I need the restored data in the…

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AWS Backup IAM permission
I am trying to create a backup of an important S3 bucket. I am planning on using AWS backup. I created a backup plan, a resource assignment, used the default policy. When I look at the job section, I can see that my job failed with the following…

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Can I programatically retrieve the directory an EFS Recovery Point was restored to?
I'm trying to restore data in EFS from recovery points managed by AWS Backup. It seems AWS Backup does not support destructive restores and will always restore to a directory in the target EFS file system, even when creating a new one.
I would like…

m90
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AWS-backup: The provided policy document does not meet the requirements of the specified policy type
the policy document im are providing does not conform to the expected format for the backup policy.
Im trying to use This template.
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Transform:
- 'AWS::LanguageExtensions'
Parameters:
pOrgBackupTargetOUs:
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Backup vault creation failed because of insufficient privileges
I am trying to create a backup plan, rule and vault using AWS CDK. After deploying the application I receive the following error in cloudformation console.
Resource handler returned message: "Insufficient privileges to perform this action. (Service:…

Zabih Khaliqi
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How do I capture AWS Backup failures in terraform when Windows VSS fails?
I'm using AWS Backups to back up several EC2 instances. I have terraform that seems to report correctly when there is a backup failure, but I am also interested in when the disks have backed up correctly, but when Windows VSS fails. Ultimately, the…

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Cloud Formation conditional resource property AWS Backup Resource
Working with Cloud Formation template for AWS Backup and trying to make my backup plan flexible
BackupPlanProd:
Type: "AWS::Backup::BackupPlan"
Properties:
BackupPlan:
BackupPlanName: !Sub 'BACKUP-PLAN-PROD-${AWS::StackName}'
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deadpanda
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start-backup-job issue with permission
I hope someone could help me with this. I am experiencing a weird issue while using AWS cli for starting on-demand backup.
I already have some backup jobs running for EC2 instances. However, for some automation i wanted to have on-demand backups as…
user7889693
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DynamoDB Global Table Backup & Restore
I have a global DynamoDB table that is currently replicated across 3 regions (eu-west-1, eu-west-2, eu-central-1).
As part of a PoC piece of work I am looking to use AWS Backup to schedule automated backups, I was wondering what the best practice…

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Does terraform support AWS BACKUP restore feature?
Does terraform support aws backup feature for to restore the image from vault (https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/aws/r/backup_plan.html )?
As I read the document I can see that it does support creating of backup plan, assigning resources and…

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aws backups snapshot not moving to cold storage
I had set up an AWS backup plan which takes backup of our EC2 instances and EBS volumes. But for some reason it is not moving it to cold storage
Here is my backup plan:
Frequency
Daily
At 05:00 AM UTC
Start within
8 hours
Complete within
7…

Tony Frank
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AWS Cloudformation to pick ScheduleExpression from the Mapping for regions
How to pick the AWS backup SheduleExpression automatically based on the Region defined under Mappings Block in a CloudFormation template.
This means if i am deploying the stack in the eu-west-1 then it should automatically take sched3 and if…

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How to restore pv/pvc by AWS EBS Backup Recovery points
I created a gp2 storageclass in my eks cluster. When I create a statefulset instance, it will automatically creates a volume in AWS's EBS.
I backed up the mounted volumes bound to statefulset by using AWS's Backup service. But after I restore the…

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