Planning for Protection of Amazon DynamoDB Instances with Commvault

Planning for the protection of Amazon DynamoDB databases includes verifying that your environment meets the system requirements, completing the Databases guided setup, configuring an access node, creating a cloud database instance, and then performing a backup and a restore operation.

Procedure

1. Verify the following about your environment:

   • Permissions required for Amazon DocumentDB protection.

2. To add the first database in your Command Center environment, use the Databases guided setup. In the Command Center, go to Guided setup > Databases.

   To complete the guided setup, you need the following information:

   • The server name

   • The host name

   • The credentials that you use to access the server

   • The packages that you want to install, such as Cloud Apps and Virtual Server

   Note

   If you are configuring a database that uses a pseudoclient, you must manually install the packages on the physical servers before you use the guided setup. For more information, see Adding a New Server.

3. Add a Windows or Linux file server as an access node with the Cloud Apps and Virtual Server packages installed. For more information, see Adding an Additional Server.

   • For information on supported platforms for the access node, see System Requirements for Amazon DynamoDB.

   • If you wish to use an HTTP proxy for the access node, add the access node to a server group and configure an HTTP proxy for the server group.

4. Create a new cloud database instance for Amazon DynamoDB using a new cloud account. For more information, see Creating a Cloud Database Instance.

5. Perform a Test Backup and Restore.

   • The first full backup is automatically scheduled based on the assigned backup plan.

   • After the backup operation is complete, you can perform a restore of one or more tables.