NetBackup 7.7.2 - is there a way to backup AWS EC2 snapshots

[Herb_P]

Does anyone know if there is a way to backup AWS EC2 snapshots with NetBackup? I would like to take a snapshot and then use NetBackup to back it up and then delete the snapshot all within a backup policy (sort of like a VM or NDMP backup which creates a snapshot, runs a backup and then deletes the snapshot).

Thank you,

Herb

[Michael_G_Ander]

If it is not supported by the snapshot client, there is always the possibility to use bpstart_notify script for handling the snapshot/mounting stuff and bpend_notify script for handling the dismounting/deleting stuff.

[Nicolai]

No native support in Netbackup, but as Michael mentioned, you can do a lot of stuff using script and command line.

Basically, you can backup anything using bpbackup command if you can access the files.

[Herb_P]

Thank you both for your feedback. I am aware of using OS commands to run backups. I was hoping that there was a more inclusive way within NetBackup to perform this work (i.e. like NDMP performs a snapshot, does the backup and then removes the snapshot; and VM client backups do the same thing). I guess that cloud integration within NetBackup is still in its early stages.

[Nicolai]

There are snapshot and there are snapshots !

Beloved child has many names, not all  snapshots are directly interchangeable. But yes you are right, by time maybe. Just remember IP traffic out of the clod has a price tag.

[Herb_P · Accepted solution]

Nicolai,

I agree with your statement that not all snapshots are alike. My configuration has a media server located in the cloud that uses S3 to store AWS local backups so IP traffic out of the cloud should not be a real issue.

Thank you for your response,

Herb