AWS Backup search now supports creating backup indexes within backup policies

Today, AWS Backup announces support for the creation of backup indexes in backup policies, allowing you to automatically create backup indexes of your Amazon S3 backups or Amazon EBS snapshots at the AWS Organization level. The creation of a backup index is the prerequisite for searching your backups. Once the backup index is created, you can perform a search and item level recovery of your S3 backups or EBS snapshots. You can now use your Organization management account to set a backup indexing policy across your AWS accounts.

To get started, create a new or edit an existing AWS Backup policy from your AWS Organization management account. You can designate your backup policies to automatically create a backup index of your S3 backups and/or EBS Snapshots. Once your backup is indexed, you can search across multiple backups to locate specific files or objects. You can specify your search criteria based on one or more filters such as file name, creation time, and size. Once you identify the specific files or objects you are looking for, you can choose to restore just these items to an Amazon S3 bucket rather than restoring the full backup, allowing for quicker recovery times.

AWS Backup support for backup indexes in backup policies is available in all AWS Commercial and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, where AWS Backup, backup policies, and backup indexes are available. You can get started by using the AWS Organizations API, or CLI. For more information, visit our documentation and blog post.