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AWS aws-backup documentation change

Service: aws-backup · 2025-11-19 · Documentation low

File: aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.md

Summary

Added 'Backup Tiering' column to feature availability tables and updated checkmarks for various services/regions

Security assessment

The changes introduce documentation for a new 'Backup Tiering' feature and update regional/service support matrices. There is no mention of security vulnerabilities, patches, or security-specific enhancements. The tiering feature appears to be related to storage optimization rather than security controls.

Diff

diff --git a/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.md b/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.md
index 3281ac152..7fadb245d 100644
--- a//aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.md
+++ b//aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.md
@@ -51,27 +51,27 @@ For information on opt-in Regions and what resources and features are supported
-AWS Backup supports | [Cross-Region backup](./cross-region-backup.html) | [Cross-account backup](./create-cross-account-backup.html) | [AWS Backup Audit Manager](./aws-backup-audit-manager.html) | [Incremental backup](./about-backup-plans.html) | [Continuous backup and point-in-time restore](./point-in-time-recovery.html) | [Full management](./whatisbackup.html#full-management) | [Lifecycle to cold storage](./plan-options-and-configuration.html) | Item-level restore 1 | [Restore testing](./restore-testing.html) | [Logically air-gapped vault](./logicallyairgappedvault.html) | [Backup search](./backup-search.html)  
----|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---  
-Amazon EC2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  |  | ✓ | ✓ |   
-Amazon S3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Amazon EBS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Amazon RDS single instance | ✓ 3 | ✓ 3 | ✓ 4 | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  | ✓ |  |   
-Amazon RDS cluster | ✓ 3 | ✓ 3 | ✓ 4 | ✓ |  |  |  |  | ✓ |  |   
-Amazon Aurora | ✓ 3 | ✓ 3 | ✓ | ✓ 6 | ✓ |  |  |  | ✓ | ✓ |   
-Amazon Aurora DSQL | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  | ✓ | ✓ |  |  | ✓ |   
-Amazon EFS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |   
-FSx for Lustre | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  |  | ✓ | ✓ |   
-FSx for Windows File Server | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  |  | ✓8 | ✓ |   
-FSx for ONTAP |  |  | ✓ 2 | ✓ |  |  |  |  | ✓ |  |   
-FSx for OpenZFS7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  |  | ✓ | ✓ |   
-AWS Storage Gateway | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  |  |  | ✓ |   
-Amazon DocumentDB | ✓ 3 | ✓ 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  | ✓ | ✓ |   
-Amazon Neptune | ✓ 3 | ✓ 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  | ✓ | ✓ 9 |   
-Amazon Redshift |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   
-Amazon Redshift Serverless |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ✓ |  |  |   
-Amazon Timestream | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓ |  | ✓ | ✓ |  |  | ✓ |   
-Windows VSS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  |  |  | ✓ |   
-Virtual machines | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓ |   
-AWS CloudFormation templates | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓ 5 |  | ✓ | ✓ 5 |  |  | ✓ |   
-Amazon DynamoDB |  |  | ✓ |  |  |  |  |  | ✓ |  |   
-DynamoDB with [AWS Backup advanced features](./advanced-ddb-backup.html) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓ | ✓ |   
-SAP HANA databases on Amazon EC2 instances | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓ 6 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  |   
-Amazon EKS10 | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  | ✓ |  | ✓ |  |  |   
+AWS Backup supports | [Cross-Region backup](./cross-region-backup.html) | [Cross-account backup](./create-cross-account-backup.html) | [AWS Backup Audit Manager](./aws-backup-audit-manager.html) | [Incremental backup](./about-backup-plans.html) | [Continuous backup and point-in-time restore](./point-in-time-recovery.html) | [Full management](./whatisbackup.html#full-management) | [Lifecycle to cold storage](./plan-options-and-configuration.html) | Item-level restore 1 | [Restore testing](./restore-testing.html) | [Logically air-gapped vault](./logicallyairgappedvault.html) | [Backup search](./backup-search.html) | [Backup Tiering](./backup-tiering.html)  
+---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---  
+Amazon EC2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  |  | ✓ | ✓ |  |   
+Amazon S3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Amazon EBS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |   
+Amazon RDS single instance | ✓ 3 | ✓ 3 | ✓ 4 | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  | ✓ |  |  |   
+Amazon RDS cluster | ✓ 3 | ✓ 3 | ✓ 4 | ✓ |  |  |  |  | ✓ |  |  |   
+Amazon Aurora | ✓ 3 | ✓ 3 | ✓ | ✓ 6 | ✓ |  |  |  | ✓ | ✓ |  |   
+Amazon Aurora DSQL | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  | ✓ | ✓ |  |  | ✓ |  |   
+Amazon EFS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |   
+FSx for Lustre | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  |  | ✓ | ✓ |  |   
+FSx for Windows File Server | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  |  | ✓8 | ✓ |  |   
+FSx for ONTAP |  |  | ✓ 2 | ✓ |  |  |  |  | ✓ |  |  |   
+FSx for OpenZFS7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  |  | ✓ | ✓ |  |   
+AWS Storage Gateway | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  |  |  | ✓ |  |   
+Amazon DocumentDB | ✓ 3 | ✓ 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  | ✓ | ✓ |  |   
+Amazon Neptune | ✓ 3 | ✓ 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  | ✓ | ✓ 9 |  |   
+Amazon Redshift |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   
+Amazon Redshift Serverless |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ✓ |  |  |  |   
+Amazon Timestream | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓ |  | ✓ | ✓ |  |  | ✓ |  |   
+Windows VSS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  |  |  | ✓ |  |   
+Virtual machines | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓ |  |   
+CloudFormation templates | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓ 5 |  | ✓ | ✓ 5 |  |  | ✓ |  |   
+Amazon DynamoDB |  |  | ✓ |  |  |  |  |  | ✓ |  |  |   
+DynamoDB with [AWS Backup advanced features](./advanced-ddb-backup.html) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓ | ✓ |  |   
+SAP HANA databases on Amazon EC2 instances | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓ 6 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  |  |   
+Amazon EKS10 | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |  | ✓ |  | ✓ |  |  |  |   
@@ -138,40 +138,40 @@ Some Regions require account opt-in, as noted in the following table. Some featu
-AWS Backup supports | Opt-in | [Cross-Region backup copy](./cross-region-backup.html) | [Cross-account management](./manage-cross-account.html) | [Cross-account backup copy](./create-cross-account-backup.html) | [AWS Backup Audit Manager](./aws-backup-audit-manager.html) and [Jobs dashboard](./backup-dashboards.html) | [Restore testing](./restore-testing.html) | [Backup search](./backup-search.html)  
----|---|---|---|---|---|---|---  
-US East (N. Virginia) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-US East (Ohio) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-US West (N. California) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-US West (Oregon) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Africa (Cape Town) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Asia Pacific (Jakarta) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Asia Pacific (Malaysia) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  | ✓  
-Asia Pacific (Melbourne) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Asia Pacific (New Zealand) | Required | ✓ |  | ✓ |  |  |   
-Asia Pacific (Osaka) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Asia Pacific (Seoul) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Asia Pacific (Singapore) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Asia Pacific (Sydney) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Asia Pacific (Taipei) | Required | ✓ |  | ✓ |  |  |   
-Asia Pacific (Thailand) | Required | ✓ |  | ✓ |  |  | ✓  
-Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Canada (Central) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Canada West (Calgary) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  | ✓  
-China (Beijing) | [AWS in China](https://www.amazonaws.cn/en/about-aws/china/) | ✓2 |  |  |  |  |   
-China (Ningxia) | [AWS in China](https://www.amazonaws.cn/en/about-aws/china/) | ✓2 |  |  |  |  |   
-Europe (Frankfurt) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Europe (Ireland) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Europe (London) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Europe (Milan) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Europe (Paris) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Europe (Spain) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Europe (Stockholm) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Europe (Zurich) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Israel (Tel Aviv) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  | ✓  
-Mexico (Central) | Required | ✓ |  | ✓ |  |  | ✓  
-Middle East (Bahrain) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-Middle East (UAE) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-South America (São Paulo) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
-AWS GovCloud (US-East) | [AWS GovCloud (US)](https://aws.amazon.com/govcloud-us/) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓4 | ✓3 |  | ✓  
-AWS GovCloud (US-West) | [AWS GovCloud (US)](https://aws.amazon.com/govcloud-us/) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓4 | ✓3 |  | ✓  
+AWS Backup supports | Opt-in | [Cross-Region backup copy](./cross-region-backup.html) | [Cross-account management](./manage-cross-account.html) | [Cross-account backup copy](./create-cross-account-backup.html) | [AWS Backup Audit Manager](./aws-backup-audit-manager.html) and [Jobs dashboard](./backup-dashboards.html) | [Restore testing](./restore-testing.html) | [Backup search](./backup-search.html) | [Backup Tiering](./backup-tiering.html)  
+---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---  
+US East (N. Virginia) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+US East (Ohio) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+US West (N. California) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+US West (Oregon) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Africa (Cape Town) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Asia Pacific (Jakarta) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Asia Pacific (Malaysia) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  | ✓ | ✓  
+Asia Pacific (Melbourne) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Asia Pacific (New Zealand) | Required | ✓ |  | ✓ |  |  |  | ✓  
+Asia Pacific (Osaka) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Asia Pacific (Seoul) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Asia Pacific (Singapore) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Asia Pacific (Sydney) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Asia Pacific (Taipei) | Required | ✓ |  | ✓ |  |  |  | ✓  
+Asia Pacific (Thailand) | Required | ✓ |  | ✓ |  |  | ✓ | ✓  
+Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Canada (Central) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Canada West (Calgary) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  | ✓ | ✓  
+China (Beijing) | [AWS in China](https://www.amazonaws.cn/en/about-aws/china/) | ✓2 |  |  |  |  |  | ✓  
+China (Ningxia) | [AWS in China](https://www.amazonaws.cn/en/about-aws/china/) | ✓2 |  |  |  |  |  | ✓  
+Europe (Frankfurt) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Europe (Ireland) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Europe (London) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Europe (Milan) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Europe (Paris) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Europe (Spain) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Europe (Stockholm) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Europe (Zurich) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Israel (Tel Aviv) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  | ✓ | ✓  
+Mexico (Central) | Required | ✓ |  | ✓ |  |  | ✓ | ✓  
+Middle East (Bahrain) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+Middle East (UAE) | Required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+South America (São Paulo) | Not required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓  
+AWS GovCloud (US-East) | [AWS GovCloud (US)](https://aws.amazon.com/govcloud-us/) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓4 | ✓3 |  | ✓ | ✓  
+AWS GovCloud (US-West) | [AWS GovCloud (US)](https://aws.amazon.com/govcloud-us/) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓4 | ✓3 |  | ✓ | ✓