Restore EC2 Instances

How to Restore Amazon EC2 Instances

In case of a disaster, you can restore an entire EC2 instance from a cloud-native snapshot, snapshot replica or image-level backup. Veeam Backup for AWS allows you to restore one or more EC2 instances at a time, to the original location or to a new location.

Note

If you restore multiple EC2 instances that have the same EBS volume attached, Veeam Backup for AWS will restore one volume per each instance and enable the Multi-Attach option for every restored volume. To recover the source configuration, when the restore operation completes, manually delete extra EBS volumes in the AWS Management Console and attach the necessary volume to the instances.

For more information on Amazon EBS Multi-Attach, see AWS Documentation.

Veeam Console

  1. Within the Veeam Console, on the left menu bar Click Protected Data
  2. At the Top, Click EC2
  3. Select Both ec2-instance-1 & ec2-instance-2 from the instance list Veeam EC2 Restore
  4. Click Restore
  5. Select Instance Restore Veeam EC2 Full Instacnce Restore
Instance Restore » Instances » Choose instances to restore
  1. Two Instances should be in the list

    Tip

    Restore Point

    Select an instance and Select Restore Point in order to pick a date/time of restoration.

  2. Click Next Veeam EC2 Restore List
Instance Restore » Account » IAM Role
  1. Click Check Permissions
  2. Verify All Permissions Passed
  3. Click Close
  4. Click Next Veeam Restore Account Permissions

Warning

If EC2 permissions Failed Follow these steps to grant access

Veeam Restore Account IAM Failed

  1. Click Grant
  2. Enter Access & Secret Key (Access & Secret Key were provided during AWS CloudFormation deployment and can be found within your AWS Console)
  3. Click Apply Veeam Restore Account IAM Access Key
  4. Recheck Permissions
  5. Click Close Veeam Restore Account Permissions
  6. Click Next
Instance Restore » Restore Mode
  1. Verify Restore to original location is selected
  2. Click Next Veeam Restore Instance Restore Mode
Instance Restore » Reason
  1. Restore Reason Type: Removed Instances using IaC and didn’t realize it was needed.
  2. Click Next Veeam Restore Instance Restore Reason
Instance Restore » Summary
  1. Select Power on target instances after restoring
  2. Click Finish Veeam Restore Instance Restore Summary

Next Up: Verify Restore