BackupRule
Specifies a scheduled task used to back up a selection of resources.
Types
Properties
A value in minutes after a backup job is successfully started before it must be completed or it will be canceled by Backup. This value is optional.
An array of CopyAction
objects, which contains the details of the copy operation.
Specifies whether Backup creates continuous backups. True causes Backup to create continuous backups capable of point-in-time restore (PITR). False (or not specified) causes Backup to create snapshot backups.
An array of key-value pair strings that are assigned to resources that are associated with this rule when restored from backup.
A cron expression in UTC specifying when Backup initiates a backup job. For more information about Amazon Web Services cron expressions, see Schedule Expressions for Rules in the Amazon CloudWatch Events User Guide.. Two examples of Amazon Web Services cron expressions are 15 * ? * * *
(take a backup every hour at 15 minutes past the hour) and 0 12 * * ? *
(take a backup every day at 12 noon UTC). For a table of examples, click the preceding link and scroll down the page.
This is the timezone in which the schedule expression is set. By default, ScheduleExpressions are in UTC. You can modify this to a specified timezone.
A value in minutes after a backup is scheduled before a job will be canceled if it doesn't start successfully. This value is optional. If this value is included, it must be at least 60 minutes to avoid errors.
The name of a logical container where backups are stored. Backup vaults are identified by names that are unique to the account used to create them and the Amazon Web Services Region where they are created. They consist of lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens.