Select Amazon services to backup
Opt in to services, then assign resources
Amazon Backup works with many different Amazon services. Before you decide which services to include in backup plan, use the Amazon Backup console or Amazon CLI to opt in to using Amazon Backup to work with those services.
Then, in each backup plan, specify in the console or through CLI which resource types to include in that plan.
For example, you can opt in to all services which Amazon Backup supports, then include only Amazon S3 buckets and Aurora clusters in a backup plan.
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Amazon Backup service opt-in
Service opt-in through the Amazon Backup console
To configure the Amazon services to use with Amazon Backup
Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console, and open the Amazon Backup console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/backup
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In the navigation pane, choose Settings.
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On the Service opt-in page, choose Configure resources.
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On the Configure resources page, use the toggle switches to enable or disable the services that are used with Amazon Backup. Choose Confirm when your services are configured. Make sure that the Amazon service you're opting in is available in your Amazon Web Services Region.
Service opt-in through Amazon CLI
Use the aws backup
update-region-settings command to change the services (resource types)
your account or organization will use Amazon Backup to orchestrate backup creation. Use the aws backup describe-region-settings command to determine which
services you have opted into in a specific Region.
Backup plan resource assignment
Through the Amazon Backup console or through Amazon CLI, the resource assignment in your backup plan specifies which resources Amazon Backup will include. Amazon Backup provides both simple default settings and fine-grained controls to assign resources.
You can assign resources in the following ways:
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Explicitly assign resource types to the backup plan
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Include all resources (Amazon Backup will then scan for all supported resource types)
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Use tags to include or exclude resources
If you only use tags for resource assignment, then the service opt-in settings will still apply.
You can further refine the resource assignment using conditions and tags. There are some limits on the number of ARNs, conditions, and tags that can be used in a single resource assignment.
Resource selection through CLI is based on service names and resource types. See Assign resources with Amazon CLI for considerations about resource election.
Backup plan resource assignments quotas
The following quotas apply to a single resource assignment:
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500 Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) without wildcards
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30 ARNs with wildcard expressions
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30 conditions
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30 tags per resource assignment (and an unlimited number of resources per tag)