You can use Commvault to protect EC2 instances running in AWS Outposts.
Outposts is an on-premises deployment of AWS services, infrastructure, and operations that provides hybrid cloud capabilities.
To protect EC2 instances that run on AWS Outposts, add the instances as content for a VM group (VSA subclient) for an Amazon hypervisor (virtualization client).
Deployment
The CommServe software and MediaAgents can be deployed on any of the following types of machines:
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On-premises servers
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EC2 instances running on a region in the AWS public cloud
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EC2 instances running on AWS Outposts
Deploy VSA access nodes (proxies) on EC2 instances running on a region in the AWS public cloud.
Supported Features
You can use Commvault to perform the following operations for EC2 instances that run in Outposts:
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Streaming backups of EC2 instances
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IntelliSnap backups of EC2 instances
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Backups of EC2 instances using an in-guest agent
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Restores of full instances from all supported backup types
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Restore a volume and attach the volume to a new EC2 instance
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Replicating snapshots