Step 4: Back up your file system
Now that you've had a chance to use your Amazon FSx file system and its file shares, you can
back it up. By default, daily backups are created automatically during your file system's
30-minute backup window. However you can create a user-initiated backup at any time. Backups
have additional costs associated with them. For more information on backup pricing, see Pricing
To create a backup of your file system from the console
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Open the Amazon FSx console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/fsx/
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From the console dashboard, choose the name of the file system you created for this exercise.
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From the Overview tab for your file system, choose Create backup.
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In the Create backup dialog box that opens, provide a name for your backup. This name can contain a maximum of 256 Unicode letters and include white space, numbers, and the following special characters: + - = . _ : /
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Choose Create backup.
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To view all your backups in a list, so you can restore your file system or delete the backup, choose Backups.
When you create a new backup, its status is set to CREATING while it is being created. This can take a few minutes. When the backup is available for use, its status changes to AVAILABLE.
