
AWS Backup introduces search and item-level recovery for EBS Snapshots and S3 backups, enabling users to find and restore up to 5 specific files or objects quickly without full backup restoration.


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AWS Backup has launched new features for search and item-level recovery for Amazon EBS Snapshots and Amazon S3 backups.
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<li>Enables searching backup metadata across multiple backups</li>
<li>Can search and filter by file/object name, creation time, size, and other attributes</li>
<li>Users must first create a backup index via backup plan or on-demand</li>
<li>Allows restoring up to 5 specific items directly to an Amazon S3 bucket</li>
<li>Available in all commercial AWS Regions where EBS and S3 backups are supported</li>
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The new feature streamlines backup search and recovery, allowing faster and more targeted item restoration without full backup retrieval.
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AWS Backup launches support for search and item-level recovery

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