Control-M for AWS Backup

AWS Backup enables you to back up and restore your data to the Amazon cloud.

Control-M for AWS Backup enables you to do the following:

• Execute AWS Backup jobs, which can backup and your restore data to the cloud, and pass body parameters to the functions.
• Manage AWS Backup credentials in a secure connection profile.
• Connect to any AWS Backup endpoint.
• Integrate AWS Backup jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.
• Monitor the status, results, and output of AWS Backup jobs in the Monitoring domain.
• Attach an SLA job to your AWS Backup jobs.
• Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for AWS Backup including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.

Control-M for AWS Backup Compatibility

The following table lists the Control-M for AWS Backup plug-in prerequisites, each with its minimum required version.

Component	Version
Control-M/EM	9.0.21.100
Control-M/Agent	9.0.21.100
Control-M Application Integrator	9.0.21.100
Control-M Automation API	9.0.21.100

Control-M for AWS Backup is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on Control-M client.

To download the required installation files for each prerequisite, see Obtaining-Control-M-Installation-Files.

Setting Up Control-M for AWS Backup

This procedure describes how to deploy the AWS Backup plug-in, create a connection profile, and define a AWS Backup job in Control-M Web and Automation API.

Before You Begin

Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Automation API Installation.

Begin

1. Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.
2. Download the AWS Backup plug-in from the Control-M for AWS Backup download page in the EPD site.
3. Install the AWS Backup plug-in using the Automation API Provision service:
   1. Log in to the Control-M/EM Server machine as an Administrator and store the downloaded zip file in the one of the following locations (within several minutes, the job type appears in Control-M Web):
      • Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY
      • Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY
   2. Log in to the Control-M/Agent machine and run the provision image command, as follows:
      • Linux: ctm provision image AWS_Backup_plugin.Linux
      • Windows: ctm provision image AWS_Backup_plugin.Windows
4. Create a AWS Backup connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: Creating a Centralized Connection Profile with AWS Backup Connection Profile Parameters.
   • Automation API: ConnectionProfile:AWS Backup
5. Define a Google Functions job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: Creating a Job with AWS Backup Job parameters.
   • Automation API: Job:AWS Backup.