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.

• Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for AWS Backup, including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.

• Integrate AWS Backup jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.

• Monitor the status, results, and output of AWS Backup jobs.

• Attach an SLA job to the AWS Backup jobs.

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

Before You Begin

• Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Setting Up the API.

• Verify that Agent version 9.0.21.080 or later is installed.

1. On the Agent host, run one of the following commands to set the Java environment variable:

   • Linux:

     • Bourne shell/bash: export BMC_INST_JAVA_HOME=<java_11_directory>

     • csh/tcsh: setenv BMC_INST_JAVA_HOME <java_11_directory>

   • Windows: set BMC_INST_JAVA_HOME="<java_11_directory>"

2. Run one of the following API commands:

   • To install, type one of the following provision image commands:

     • Linux: ctm provision image AWS_Backup_plugin.Linux

     • Windows: ctm provision image AWS_Backup_plugin.Windows

   • To upgrade, type the following command:

     ctm provision agent::update

3. Create an AWS Backup connection profile in Control-M SaaS or Automation API, as follows:

   • Control-M SaaS: Create a Centralized Connection Profile with AWS Backup Connection Profile Parameters

   • Automation API: ConnectionProfile:AWS Backup

4. Define an AWS Backup job in Control-M SaaS or Automation API, as follows:

   • Control-M SaaS: Create a Job with AWS Backup Job parameters

   • Automation API: Job:AWS Backup

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The following table provides details about changes that were introduced in new versions of this plug-in:

Plug-in Version	Details
1.0.00	Initial version