You can use the Metallic software to back up and restore Amazon EC2 instances that are hosted by an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account. You can configure a hypervisor to represent the AWS account.
Backups
Data You Can Back Up
Active EC2 instances
Instance EBS volumes
Volumes using default or custom encryption
Data You Cannot Back Up
AMIs
Instance store volumes
Backups You Can Perform
Full backups
Incremental backups
Note: All Amazon EBS snapshots are incremental by default
Synthetic full backups
Streaming backups
IntelliSnap backups
Backup copy
When You Can Perform Backups
On a schedule: The server plan that you assign manages scheduled backups
On demand: You can perform on-demand backups at any time
Restores
Restores You Can Perform
EC2 instances
Guest files and folders
Attach restored volumes to a new or existing instance
Backups You Can Use for Restores
The most recent backup: For example, restore the most recent backup to its original location
A backup from a specific date: For example, restore data to a point in time before it became unusable
Backups from a date range: For example, restore data that was accidentally deleted
Destinations You Can Restore To
Other Operations
Changed Block Tracking (CBT) backups
Cross-hypervisor restores