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Create The EBS Snapshot Policy Using The Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager In AWS

In this article, we will create the EBS snapshot policy using the Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager in AWS.

Purpose

The EBS snapshot policy takes the EBS snapshot. The EBS snapshot policy addresses the following concerns: -

When to run?
Which volume to snapshot?
How long to keep the snapshot?

How To Create The EBS Snapshot Policy?

To create the EBS snapshot policy, click on the Lifecycle Manager in the EC2 dashboard menu.

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The lifecycle manager screen will appear. Select the Policy type as EBS snapshot policy and click on the Next step button.

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Step 1 for creating the EBS snapshot policy will appear. Select the Target resource tags, enter the policy Description, and click on the Next button.

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In Step 2, you can mention the schedule. Once the scheduling is done, click on the Review policy button to continue.

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In the review screen, you can review the data entered by you.

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Click on the Create policy button. The policy gets created.

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Selecting The Default Policy

You can also select an option of the Default policy

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Click on the Next step, and a screen will appear to create a policy with default options. Click on the Create default policy to create the default policy.

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Thursday, December 9, 2021

Updated On -	Thursday, May 9, 2024

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