Backing up Amazon EC2 data
Use a backup job to back up data in an Amazon EC2 instance.
Before you begin
- Ensure that the accounts to be backed up are added to IBM Spectrum® Protect Plus. For more instructions, see Adding an Amazon EC2 account.
- Ensure that one or more SLA policies are configured for the EC2 instances. For more instructions, see Creating an SLA policy for Amazon EC2 instances.
- Ensure that IBM Spectrum Protect Plus roles and resource groups are assigned to the user who is setting up the backup job. For more information about assigning roles, see Managing user access.
- If an account is associated with multiple SLA policies, ensure that the policies 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 define an EC2 backup job, complete the following steps: