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Monitor Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager pre and post scripts

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Amazon CloudWatch metrics

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager publishes the following CloudWatch metrics when pre and post scripts fail and succeed and when VSS backups fail and succeed.

  • PreScriptStarted

  • PreScriptCompleted

  • PreScriptFailed

  • PostScriptStarted

  • PostScriptCompleted

  • PostScriptFailed

  • VSSBackupStarted

  • VSSBackupCompleted

  • VSSBackupFailed

For more information, see Monitor Data Lifecycle Manager policies using CloudWatch.

Amazon EventBridge

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager emits the following Amazon EventBridge event when a pre or post script is initiated, succeeds, or fails

  • DLM Pre Post Script Notification

For more information, see Monitor Data Lifecycle Manager policies using EventBridge.

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