# AWS Backup Developer Guide

> Provides a conceptual overview of AWS Backup, detailed instructions for using the various features, and a complete API reference for developers.

- [Getting started](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/getting-started.md)
- [Manage multiple accounts with AWS Organizations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/manage-cross-account.md)
- [AWS Backup and CloudFormation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/integrate-cloudformation-with-aws-backup.md)
- [Network](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-network.md)
- [Quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/aws-backup-limits.md)
- [Troubleshooting AWS Backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/troubleshooting.md)
- [AWS Backup API](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/api-reference.md)
- [Document history](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/doc-history.md)

## [What is AWS Backup?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/whatisbackup.md)

- [AWS Backup feature availability](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.md): AWS Backup features and Regional availability.


## [How it works](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/how-it-works.md)

- [Working with supported AWS services](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/working-with-supported-services.md): Configure AWS Backup to work with other AWS services to back up your data.
- [Metering, costs, and billing](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/metering-and-billing.md)
- [Blogs, videos, tutorials, and other resources](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/blogs-videos.md): For more information about AWS Backup, see the following:


## [Backup plans](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/about-backup-plans.md)

### [Create a backup plan](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/creating-a-backup-plan.md)

Create a backup plan in AWS Backup by starting from an existing plan or building a new plan.

- [Backup plan options and configuration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/plan-options-and-configuration.md): When you define a backup plan in the AWS Backup console, you configure the following options:
- [CloudFormation templates for backup plans](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/plan-cfn.md): We provide three sample CloudFormation templates for your reference.
- [Delete a backup plan](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/deleting-a-backup-plan.md): Delete a backup plan in AWS Backup using the AWS Management Console.
- [Update a backup plan](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/updating-a-backup-plan.md): Edit a backup plan in AWS Backup using the AWS Management Console.
- [Understanding backup plan summary](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/understanding-backup-plan-summaries.md): Use backup plan summaries to validate and understand your backup plan configurations, including scheduled runs, resource assignments, and feature compatibility.

### [Opt in and assign resources](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/assigning-resources.md)

Automatically back up your resources by assigning them to a backup plan in AWS Backup.

- [Assign resources through console](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/assigning-resources-console.md)
- [Assign resources with AWS CLI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/assigning-resources-json.md)
- [Assign resources with CloudFormation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/assigning-resources-cfn.md): This end-to-end CloudFormation template creates a resource assignment, a backup plan, and a destination backup vault:


## [Backup vaults](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/vaults.md)

- [Backup vault creation and deletion](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/create-a-vault.md): Create backup vaults to manage and organize backups.

### [Logically air-gapped vault](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/logicallyairgappedvault.md)

Details logically air-gapped vault, a secondary type of vault which can store copies of backups in other vaults.

- [Primary backups to logically air-gapped vaults](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/lag-vault-primary-backup.md): Use primary backups to logically air-gapped vaults to eliminate the need for separate copies in both standard and logically air-gapped vaults, reducing costs while preserving security benefits.

### [Multi-party approval for logically air-gapped vaults](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/multipartyapproval.md)

This section contains information on the integration of AWS Backup logically air-gapped vaults and AWS Organizations Multi-party approval capability.

- [Administrator tasks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/multipartyapproval-tasks-administrator.md): Several tasks involving AWS Backup and Multi-party overview required a user with admin permissions and access to the management account.
- [Requester tasks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/multipartyapproval-tasks-requester.md)
- [Approver tasks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/multipartyapproval-tasks-approver.md): A user who is a member of a Multi-party approval team can approve or deny requests that are part of a session.
- [Vault access policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/create-a-vault-access-policy.md): Set access policies for an AWS Backup vault and resources stored in vaults.
- [Vault Lock](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/vault-lock.md): A vault lock set in compliance or governance mode can add additional security to your vault and the backups within it.


## [Backup creation, maintenance, and restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/recovery-points.md)

- [On-demand backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/recov-point-create-on-demand-backup.md): Create an on-demand backup

### [Continuous backups and PITR](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/point-in-time-recovery.md)

For some resources, AWS Backup supports continuous backups and point-in-time recovery (PITR) in addition to snapshot backups.

- [Finding a continuous backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/point-in-time-recovery-finding.md): You can use the AWS Backup console to find your continuous backup.
- [Restoring a continuous backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/point-in-time-recovery-restoring.md)
- [Stopping or deleting continuous backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/point-in-time-recovery-stopping.md): You can stop the creation of continuous backups or you can delete specific backups (point-in-time-recovery or PITR points).
- [Copying continuous backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/point-in-time-recovery-copying.md): If a continuous backup rule also specifies a cross-account or cross-Region copy and AWS Backup supports the operation for the resource type, AWS Backup takes a snapshot of the resource and copies the snapshot to the destination vault.
- [Changing your retention period](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/point-in-time-recovery-retention-period.md): You must use your backup plan to increase or decrease the retention period for your existing continuous backup rule.
- [Removing the only continuous backup rule from a backup plan](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/point-in-time-recovery-removing_rule.md): When you create a backup plan with a continuous backup rule and then you remove that rule, AWS Backup remembers the retention period from your now-deleted rule.

### [Backup creation by resource type](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/creating-a-backup.md)

Create a backup automatically or manually in AWS Backup.

- [CloudFormation stack backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/applicationstackbackups.md): How to backup up CloudFormation stack backups
- [Amazon Aurora DSQL backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-aurora.md): Backup Aurora and Aurora DSQL clusters
- [Advanced DynamoDB backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/advanced-ddb-backup.md): Understand and enable DynamoDB backups using AWS Backup advanced features.
- [Amazon EBS backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/multi-volume-crash-consistent.md): Learn about Amazon EBS snapshots and AWS Backup.
- [Amazon RDS backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/rds-backup.md): Understand and use Amazon RDS backups.
- [Amazon Redshift backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/redshift-backups.md): AWS Backup offers backup functionality for Amazon Redshift.
- [Amazon Redshift Serverless backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/redshift-serverless-backups.md): Learn how to back up Amazon Redshift Serverless namespaces using AWS Backup.
- [Amazon EKS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/eks-backups.md): An Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) cluster consists of multiple resources that you can back up as a single unit.
- [SAP HANA backup on Amazon EC2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-saphana.md): SAP HANA backup on Amazon EC2
- [Amazon S3 backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/s3-backups.md): AWS Backup supports centralized backup and restore of applications storing data in S3.
- [Amazon Timestream backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/timestream-backup.md): AWS Backup offers backup functionality for Amazon Timestream.

### [Virtual machine backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/vm-backups.md)

VMware virtual machine backups.

- [Backup gateway configuration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/configure-infrastructure-bgw.md): Learn how to configure your infrastructure to use Backup gateway
- [Working with gateways](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/working-with-gateways.md): Learn about Backup gateway
- [Working with hypervisors](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/working-with-hypervisors.md): Learn about hypervisors
- [Backing up virtual machines](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backing-up-vms.md): Learn about backing up virtual machines
- [Third-party source components](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/bgw-third-party-source.md): Learn about the third-party source components for Backup gateway
- [Troubleshoot VM issues](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/vm-troubleshooting.md): Troubleshoot VM issues for AWS Backup.
- [Create Windows VSS backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/windows-backups.md): Create application-specific Windows backups on Amazon EC2 using AWS Backup.

### [Backup and tag copy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/recov-point-create-a-copy.md)

Copy a backup using AWS Backup.

- [Cross-Region backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/cross-region-backup.md): Create a backup copy across Regions using AWS Backup.
- [Cross-account backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/create-cross-account-backup.md): Create a backup copy across AWS accounts using AWS Backup.
- [Copy tags onto backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/tags-on-backups.md): You can copy tags from your source resources to your backups (recovery points).
- [Add or remove tags on existing recovery points](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/tagging-recovery-points.md): Add, modify, or remove tags on existing recovery points (backups) in AWS Backup.
- [Backup deletion](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/deleting-backups.md): Delete one or more backups in AWS Backup automatically using lifecycle rules or manually using the console.
- [Backup and tag edits](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/editing-a-backup.md): Edit the tags or lifecycle of a backup job after it is created in AWS Backup.
- [Backup search](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-search.md): This page discusses backup search and backup index topics and procedures.
- [Backup tiering](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-tiering.md): Create tiering configurations to move backups to a lower cost storage tier.

### [Restore by resource type](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-a-backup.md)

Restore a backup in AWS Backup using the console, AWS CLI, or API.

- [Aurora restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-aur.md): Aurora cluster restore
- [Aurora DSQL restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restore-auroradsql.md): Restore Aurora DSQL cluster recovery points
- [CloudFormation restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restore-application-stacks.md): A CloudFormation composite backup is a combination of a CloudFormation template and all associated nested recovery points.
- [DocumentDB restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-docdb.md): Restore a Amazon DocumentDB cluster.
- [DynamoDB restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-dynamodb.md): Restore Amazon DynamoDB
- [EBS restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-ebs.md): Restore an Amazon EBS volume.
- [EC2 restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-ec2.md): Restore an Amazon EC2 instance.
- [EFS restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-efs.md): Restore an Amazon EFS file system by performing a full restore or an item-level restore in AWS Backup.
- [EKS restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-eks.md): Restore an Amazon EKS cluster.
- [FSx restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-fsx.md): Restore an Amazon FSx file system.
- [Neptune restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-nep.md): Restore a Amazon Neptune cluster.
- [RDS restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-rds.md): Restore an Amazon RDS database.
- [Redshift restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/redshift-restores.md): Restore an Amazon Redshift cluster
- [Redshift Serverless restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/redshift-serverless-restore.md): Learn how to restore manual snapshots of databases or tables from Amazon Redshift Serverless using AWS Backup.
- [SAP HANA restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/saphana-restore.md): Restore an SAP HANA database on an Amazon EC2 instance
- [S3 restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-s3.md): Amazon S3 bucket restore
- [Storage Gateway restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-storage-gateway.md): Restore an AWS Storage Gateway volume
- [Timestream restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/timestream-restore.md): Restore a Amazon Timestream table
- [VM restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-vm.md): Restore a virtual machine

### [Restore testing](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restore-testing.md)

Restore testing, a feature offered by AWS Backup, provides automated and periodic evaluation of restore viability, as well as the ability to monitor restore job duration times.

- [Inferred metadata](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restore-testing-inferred-metadata.md): Restoring a recovery point requires restore metadata.
- [Restore testing validation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restore-testing-validation.md): You have the option of creating an event-driven validation that runs when a restore testing job completes.
- [Stop a backup job](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/stopping-a-backup-job.md): Stop a backup job after it has started in AWS Backup.
- [View existing backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/listing-backups.md): You can view a list of your backups using the AWS Backup console or programmatically.


## [AWS Backup Audit Manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/aws-backup-audit-manager.md)

### [Working with audit frameworks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/working-with-audit-frameworks.md)

Learn how to work with AWS Backup Audit Manager frameworks, controls, and parameters.

- [Choosing your controls](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/choosing-controls.md): Choose controls for your AWS Backup Audit Manager audit frameworks.
- [Turning on resource tracking](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/turning-on-resource-tracking.md): Turn on resource tracking to use your AWS Backup Audit Manager audit frameworks.
- [Creating frameworks using the AWS Backup console](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/creating-frameworks-console.md): Create AWS Backup Audit Manager frameworks using the AWS Backup console.
- [Creating frameworks using the AWS Backup API](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/creating-frameworks-api.md): Create AWS Backup Audit Manager frameworks using the AWS Backup API.
- [Viewing framework compliance status](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/viewing-frameworks.md): View AWS Backup Audit Manager framework compliance status.
- [Finding non-compliant resources](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/finding-non-compliant-resources.md): Find resources that are not yet compliant with AWS Backup Audit Manager frameworks.
- [Updating audit frameworks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/updating-frameworks.md): Update AWS Backup Audit Manager frameworks.
- [Deleting audit frameworks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/deleting-frameworks.md): Delete AWS Backup Audit Manager frameworks.

### [Working with audit reports](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/working-with-audit-reports.md)

Work with AWS Backup Audit Manager reports.

- [Choosing your report template](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/choosing-report-template.md): Choose the right report template for your AWS Backup Audit Manager reports.
- [Creating report plans](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/create-report-plan-console.md): Create a report plan for your AWS Backup Audit Manager reports using the AWS Backup console.
- [Creating report plans using the AWS Backup API](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/create-report-plan-api.md): Create a report plan for your AWS Backup Audit Manager reports using the AWS Backup API.
- [Creating on-demand reports](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/create-on-demand-reports.md): Create AWS Backup Audit Manager reports on-demand.
- [Viewing audit reports](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/view-reports.md): View an AWS Backup Audit Manager report.
- [Updating report plans](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/update-report-plan.md): Update an AWS Backup Audit Manager report plan.
- [Deleting report plans](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/delete-report-plan.md): Delete an AWS Backup Audit Manager report plan.
- [Using CloudFormation to deploy AWS Backup Audit Manager resources](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/bam-cfn-integration.md): Deploy your AWS Backup Audit Manager frameworks and report plans using CloudFormation.
- [Using AWS Backup Audit Manager with AWS Audit Manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/aws-audit-manager-integration.md): Import your AWS Backup Audit Manager compliance findings to your AWS Audit Manager reports.
- [Controls and remediation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/controls-and-remediation.md): View the list of available AWS Backup Audit Manager controls and guidance to remediate resources not yet in compliance with those controls.


## [Security](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-considerations.md)

- [Compliance validation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-compliance.md): Learn what AWS services are in scope of a specific compliance program.

### [Data protection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/data-protection.md)

Use and configure data protection in AWS Backup to meet the needs of your organization.

- [Encryption for backups in AWS Backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/encryption.md): Protect your backups by configuring encryption for various AWS services in AWS Backup.
- [Virtual machine hypervisor credential encryption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/bgw-hypervisor-encryption-page.md): Virtual machines managed by a hypervisor use AWS Backup Gateway to connect on-premises systems to AWS Backup.

### [Identity and access management](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-iam.md)

Access to AWS Backup requires credentials.

- [Authentication](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/authentication.md): Overview of how to authenticate requests in AWS Backup.
- [Access control](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/access-control.md): Overview of how to control access to resources in AWS Backup, including an API permissions reference and information about using managed policies.
- [IAM service roles](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/iam-service-roles.md): Use IAM service roles to control access to backups and other resources in AWS Backup.
- [Managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md): Learn about AWS managed policies for AWS Backup and recent changes to these policies.

### [Using service-linked roles](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/using-service-linked-roles.md)

How to use service-linked roles to give AWS Backup access to resources in your AWS account.

- [Backup and copy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/using-service-linked-roles-AWSServiceRoleForBackup.md): How to use service-linked roles to give AWS Backup access to resources in your AWS account.
- [AWS Backup Audit Manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/using-service-linked-roles-AWSServiceRoleForBackupReports.md): How to use service-linked roles to give AWS Backup access to resources in your AWS account.
- [Restore testing](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/using-service-linked-roles-AWSServiceRoleForBackupRestoreTesting.md): How to use service-linked roles to give AWS Backup access to resources in your AWS account.
- [Cross-service confused deputy prevention](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/cross-service-confused-deputy-prevention.md): The confused deputy problem is a security issue where an entity that doesn't have permission to perform an action can coerce a more-privileged entity to perform the action.
- [Infrastructure security](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/infrastructure-security.md): Learn how AWS Backup isolates service traffic.
- [Integrity](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-integrity.md)
- [Legal holds](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/legalhold.md): Learn how to protect your backups from deletion using legal holds.

### [Malware protection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/malware-protection.md)

Protect your backups by scanning for malware using Amazon GuardDuty Malware Protection.

- [Instant access](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-instant-access.md): Overview of Access Point Permissions
- [Resilience](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/disaster-recovery-resiliency.md): Learn how AWS architecture supports data redundancy in addition to specific AWS Backup features for data resiliency.


## [Monitoring AWS Backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/monitoring.md)

- [Console dashboards](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-dashboards.md): AWS Backup provides dashboards in the AWS Backup console to help you monitor the health of your backup, copy, and restore jobs to identify issues and potential problems.
- [Monitoring events using EventBridge](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/eventbridge.md): Track changes in the AWS Backup environment using Amazon EventBridge events.
- [AWS Backup metrics with Amazon CloudWatch](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/cloudwatch.md): Learn about the metrics that AWS Backup sends to Amazon CloudWatch.
- [Logging AWS Backup API calls with CloudTrail](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/logging-using-cloudtrail.md): Capture detailed information about the logs and calls made to AWS Backup using AWS CloudTrail.
- [Notification options with AWS Backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-notifications.md): Receive notifications about AWS Backup through AWS User Notifications and Amazon Simple Notification Service.