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• Scanning Third-Party Backup Snapshots with Elastio
• When Custom Tags Are Not Supported By The Backup Vendor

Scanning Third-Party Backup Snapshots with Elastio

Elastio seamlessly integrates with EBS snapshots created by any third-party backup vendor. Many backup providers allow custom tags to be added to their generated snapshots. If supported, add the following tag to your EBS snapshots:

elastio:action=scan

This ensures all snapshots created by the backup vendor are automatically scanned by Elastio.

When Custom Tags Are Not Supported By The Backup Vendor

If your backup vendor does not support custom tags, you can achieve the same functionality by deploying the Snapshot Tagger using a CloudFormation template. Follow these steps:

Step 1: Download the YAML File

1. Access the Snapshot Tagger CloudFormation page.
2. Download the YAML file.

Step 2: Create a CloudFormation Stack

• Open the AWS CloudFormation console.
• Click Create stack.
• Under Prepare template, select Choose an existing template, then click Upload a template file.
• Upload the downloaded YAML file and click Next.
  

Step 3: Configure Stack Details

1. Stack name: Provide a name for your stack.
2. Parameters:
   • ElastioActionTagValue: Enter scan.
   • TagKey to Monitor: Specify the keys of tags automatically generated by your backup vendor.
     • For example, Veritas Alta uses tags such as cp:data and cp:host-snapshot-name.
     • In this case, enter cp:data, cp:host-snapshot-name.

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Step 4: Review and Launch

1. Leave all settings as default.
2. Acknowledge the prompt:

   "I acknowledge that AWS CloudFormation might create IAM resources."

3. Click Next.
4. Click Submit.
   

Result

Once the stack is deployed, Elastio will automatically scan all snapshots with the specified tag keys.