You can create custom service level agreement (SLA) policies to define snapshot retention
and frequency policies that are specific to Amazon EC2 instances.
About this task
When a scheduled backup job runs, a snapshot of the instance is created at the frequency that is
defined by the snapshot policy.
If an instance is associated with multiple SLA policies, ensure that the policies that you create
are not scheduled to run concurrently. Either schedule the SLA policies to run with a significant
amount of time between them, or combine them into a single SLA policy.
Procedure
To create an SLA policy for your instances, complete the following steps:
-
In the navigation panel, click
.
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Click Add SLA Policy to open the Add SLA Policy
wizard.
- Select Virtualized systems in the Category
list.
- Click Cloud snapshot and then click
Next.
The SLA policy options are displayed on the Policy
rules page.
- Complete the following options on the page and then click
Next.
- Enter a name that provides a meaningful description of the SLA policy.
- In the Snapshot Protection section, set the following options
for snapshot operations and then click Next:
- Retention
- Specify the retention period for the snapshots.
- Disable Schedule
- Select this checkbox to create the snapshot policy without defining a frequency or start time.
Policies that are created without a schedule can be run on demand.
- Repeats
- Enter a frequency for snapshot operations. Choose from Subhourly,
Hourly, Daily, Weekly,
Monthly, or Yearly. When Weekly
is selected, you can select one or more days of the week. The Start Time will
apply to the selected days of the week.
- Start Time
- Enter the date and time when you want the snapshot operation to start.
- The time zone is
automatically populated with your browser settings. To update the time zone, click the field and
select a region and city from the list, for example: Europe/Dublin. You can
also click the field and enter a region or city in the Search field, and
select an item from the matching results.
- Snapshot Prefix
- Enter a prefix to add to the beginning of snapshot names. Prefixes can help you organize and
easily identify snapshots.
- For example, if you entered the prefix "daily_", all snapshot names that are created with this
SLA policy will begin with "daily_".
- Review your selections, and then click
Submit.
The SLA policy that you created is displayed in the
table in the SLA Policies pane.
What to do next
After you create an SLA policy, complete the following actions: