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  2. NetBackup™ Marketplace Deployment on AWS
  3. Deploying Snapshot Manager
  4. Deploying Snapshot Manager server using the marketplace offer
  5. Snapshot Manager EC2 instance configuration details
NetBackup™ Marketplace Deployment on AWS

Snapshot Manager EC2 instance configuration details

When you deploy a Snapshot Manager stack using the CloudFormation template, the following configuration is created on the EC2 instance where Snapshot Manager is deployed:

  • A disk is attached to the instance and a file system of type ext4 is created on the disk.

  • The file system is mounted as a folder mount at /cloudpoint.

  • Snapshot Manager is installed and the specified user account is configured as the Snapshot Manager administrator.

  • The Snapshot Manager AWS plug-in is configured with the Source Account configuration. The IAM role that is attached to the Snapshot Manager instance is used for the plug-in configuration.

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