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AWS::DLM::LifecyclePolicy Exclusions

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AWS::DLM::LifecyclePolicy Exclusions - AWS CloudFormation
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[Default policies only] Specifies exclusion parameters for volumes or instances for which you do not want to create snapshots or AMIs. The policy will not create snapshots or AMIs for target resources that match any of the specified exclusion parameters.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{ "ExcludeBootVolumes" : Boolean, "ExcludeTags" : Json, "ExcludeVolumeTypes" : Json }

Properties

ExcludeBootVolumes

[Default policies for EBS snapshots only] Indicates whether to exclude volumes that are attached to instances as the boot volume. If you exclude boot volumes, only volumes attached as data (non-boot) volumes will be backed up by the policy. To exclude boot volumes, specify true.

Required: No

Type: Boolean

Update requires: No interruption

ExcludeTags

[Default policies for EBS-backed AMIs only] Specifies whether to exclude volumes that have specific tags.

Required: No

Type: Json

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 50

Update requires: No interruption

ExcludeVolumeTypes

[Default policies for EBS snapshots only] Specifies the volume types to exclude. Volumes of the specified types will not be targeted by the policy.

Required: No

Type: Json

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 6

Update requires: No interruption

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