AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Backing Up Your Volumes
We highly recommend that you create one or more upload buffer alarms in the Amazon CloudWatch
console. For example, you can set an alarm for a level of use you want to be warned about and
an alarm for a level of use that, if exceeded, is cause for action. The action might be adding more
upload buffer space. For more information, see To set an upper threshold alarm for a gateway's
upload buffer (p. 197).
Cleaning Up Resources You Don't Need
If you created your gateway as an example exercise or a test, consider cleaning up to avoid incurring
unexpected or unnecessary charges.
To clean up resources you don't need
1. Delete any snapshots. For instructions, see Deleting a Snapshot (p. 163).
2. Unless you plan to continue using the gateway, delete it. For more information, see Deleting Your
Gateway by Using the AWS Storage Gateway Console and Removing Associated Resources (p. 281).
3. Delete the AWS Storage Gateway VM from your on-premises host. If you created your gateway on an
Amazon EC2 instance, terminate the instance.
Backing Up Your Volumes
By using AWS Storage Gateway, you can help protect your on-premises business applications that use
Storage Gateway volumes for cloud-backed storage. You can back up your on-premises AWS Storage
Gateway volumes using the native snapshot scheduler in Storage Gateway or AWS Backup. In both cases,
Storage Gateway volume backups are stored as Amazon EBS snapshots in AWS.
Topics
• Using Storage Gateway to Back Up Your Volumes (p. 71)
• Using AWS Backup to Back Up Your Volumes (p. 71)
Using Storage Gateway to Back Up Your Volumes
You can use the Storage Gateway Management Console to back up your volumes by taking Amazon EBS
snapshots and storing the snapshots in AWS. You can either take an ad hoc (one-time) snapshot or set up
a snapshot schedule that is managed by Storage Gateway. You can later restore the snapshot to a new
volume by using the Storage Gateway console. For information about how to back up and manage your
backup from the Storage Gateway, see the following topics:
• Testing Your Gateway (p. 68)
• Creating a One-Time Snapshot (p. 162)
• Cloning a Volume (p. 157)
Using AWS Backup to Back Up Your Volumes
AWS Backup is a centralized backup service that makes it easy and cost-effective for you to back up your
application data across AWS services in both the AWS Cloud and on-premises. Doing this helps you meet
your business and regulatory backup compliance requirements. AWS Backup makes protecting your AWS
storage volumes, databases, and file systems simple by providing a central place where you can do the
following:
• Configure and audit the AWS resources that you want to back up.
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