Day 20 - AWS Backup & FSx

Date: 2025-10-03 (Friday)
Status: “Done”

Lecture Notes

AWS Backup

Centralized backup service for automating and governing data protection at scale.

Key Capabilities

  • Central management: Define and apply backup policies across services.
  • Multi-service support: EC2, EBS, RDS, DynamoDB, EFS, Storage Gateway, S3, and more.
  • Scheduling & lifecycle: Automate backups and retention.
  • Compliance: Support for governance and audit requirements.

Benefits

  • Operational simplicity: No custom scripts or disparate tools.
  • Time savings: Automated, policy-driven protection.
  • Reporting & audit: Visibility into backup status and compliance.

Backup Vault Lock

  • Immutability controls to prevent modifications or deletions of protected backups for strict compliance.

AWS Backup Features:

  • Cross-region backup copy
  • Cross-account backup
  • Backup policies (plans)
  • Lifecycle management
  • Encryption at rest
  • Tag-based backup policies

Backup Plan Example:

{
  "BackupPlanName": "DailyBackups",
  "Rules": [{
    "RuleName": "DailyRule",
    "ScheduleExpression": "cron(0 5 ? * * *)",
    "StartWindowMinutes": 60,
    "CompletionWindowMinutes": 120,
    "Lifecycle": {
      "DeleteAfterDays": 30,
      "MoveToColdStorageAfterDays": 7
    }
  }]
}

Exploration

AWS Skill Builder

  • Curated learning plans and deep-dive content for storage specialists:
    • Storage Learning Plan: Block Storage
    • Storage Learning Plan: Object Storage

Hands-On Labs

Lab 13 – AWS Backup

  1. Create S3 Bucket → 13-02.1
  2. Deploy Infrastructure → 13-02.2
  3. Create Backup Plan → 13-03
  4. Set Up Notifications → 13-04
  5. Test Restore → 13-05
  6. Clean Up Resources → 13-06

Lab 25 – Amazon FSx (File Systems)

  1. Create SSD Multi-AZ File System → 25-2.2
  2. Create HDD Multi-AZ File System → 25-2.3
  3. Create New File Shares → 25-3
  4. Test Performance → 25-4
  5. Monitor Performance → 25-5
  6. Enable Data Deduplication → 25-6
  7. Enable Shadow Copies → 25-7
  8. Manage User Sessions and Open Files → 25-8
  9. Enable User Storage Quotas → 25-9
  10. Scale Throughput Capacity → 25-11
  11. Scale Storage Capacity → 25-12
  12. Delete Environment → 25-13

Week 4 Summary

  • Hoàn thiện chủ đề lưu trữ: S3 và các storage class, static website, CORS.
  • Nắm Snow Family, Storage Gateway, phương án DR và AWS Backup.
  • Labs: Backup, VM Import/Export, Storage Gateway, FSx, S3 & CloudFront.