# BackupPolicy
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The backup policy for the file system used to create automatic daily backups. If status has a value of `ENABLED`, the file system is being automatically backed up. For more information, see [Automatic backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/efs/latest/ug/awsbackup.html#automatic-backups).

## Contents
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 ** Status **   <a name="efs-Type-BackupPolicy-Status"></a>
Describes the status of the file system's backup policy.  
+  ** `ENABLED` ** – EFS is automatically backing up the file system.
+  ** `ENABLING` ** – EFS is turning on automatic backups for the file system.
+  ** `DISABLED` ** – Automatic back ups are turned off for the file system.
+  ** `DISABLING` ** – EFS is turning off automatic backups for the file system.
Type: String  
Valid Values: `ENABLED | ENABLING | DISABLED | DISABLING`   
Required: Yes

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/elasticfilesystem-2015-02-01/BackupPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/elasticfilesystem-2015-02-01/BackupPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/elasticfilesystem-2015-02-01/BackupPolicy) 

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for Amazon Elastic File System (EFS). To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query efs` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).