Creating a Subclient for Amazon EC2

To provide protection for a specific set of instances, create a new subclient. A user-defined subclient can identify instances that have the same Service Level Agreement (SLA) or that need to be backed up on the same schedule. For example, you can create a subclient for each zone or for instances running the same operating system.

The default subclient is preconfigured to back up all instances that are not protected by other subclients.

Before You Begin

• Configure a storage device. For more information, see one of the following:

  • Disk Libraries

  • Tape Libraries

• Create a storage policy.

Procedure

1. From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers > virtualization_client > Virtual Server > Amazon.

2. Right-click a backup set and click New Subclient.

3. On the General tab, enter the Subclient name.

4. Identify instances to back up:

   1. Click the Content tab.

   2. Click Browse.

      The Browse dialog box appears.

   3. To display instance IDs, select Show VM Instance ID at the bottom of the dialog box.

   4. From the list at the top left, you can select a view to browse by availability groups or zones.

   5. Navigate to one or more instances and select them.

   6. Click OK.

      The selected instances are displayed in the Contents of subclient list.

   For other methods of identifying instances for a subclient, see Adding Subclient Content.

5. Click the Storage Device tab.

6. Select a Storage Policy.

7. On the Advanced Options tab, on the Proxies area, you can add proxies to be used for backups of the subclient.

   If you do not specify proxies at the subclient level, the proxies specified at the instance level are used.

8. To use CBT backups, on the Backup Options tab, select the Use Changed Block Tracking check box.

   The Use Changed Block Tracking check box is enabled by default for new subclients.

   Important

   If you use CBT backups, in certain cases, the Commvault software might not delete snapshots that are intended to be temporary, and these snapshots can increase your monthly costs for AWS. For information about identifying and deleting these snapshots, see Cleaning up resources after Amazon EC2 instance or backup deletion.

9. Click OK.

10. In the Backup Schedule dialog box, click Do Not Schedule, and then click OK.