Storage Gateway Volumes Should Have Backup Plan

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This rule checks if AWS Storage Gateway volumes are protected by a backup plan. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if the Storage Gateway volume is not covered by a backup plan.

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Address

Configuration

Compliance Standards

CBP

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Remediation

Using Console

Using CLI

To remediate the misconfiguration of Storage Gateway volumes not having a backup plan in AWS EC2 using AWS CLI, you can follow these steps:

List Storage Gateway Volumes: First, list all the Storage Gateway volumes in your AWS account to identify the volumes that do not have a backup plan. You can use the following AWS CLI command:
```
aws storagegateway list-volumes
```
Enable Backup Plan: For each volume that does not have a backup plan, you will need to enable a backup plan. You can use the following AWS CLI command to enable a backup plan for a specific volume:
```
aws storagegateway update-vtl-vtldevice-type -i <VOLUME_ARN> --vtl-device-type "VTL" --vtl-device-iSCSI-Settings "TargetARN=<TARGET_ARN>,NetworkInterfaceId=<NETWORK_INTERFACE_ID>,InitiatorName=<INITIATOR_NAME>"
```
- Replace <VOLUME_ARN> with the ARN of the volume that needs a backup plan.
- Replace <TARGET_ARN> with the ARN of the target where the volume backups will be stored.
- Replace <NETWORK_INTERFACE_ID> with the ID of the network interface for the volume.
- Replace <INITIATOR_NAME> with the initiator name for the volume.
Monitor Backup Plan: Once you have enabled a backup plan for the volumes, monitor the backup status regularly to ensure that the backups are being performed successfully. You can use the following AWS CLI command to describe the backup status of a volume:
```
aws storagegateway describe-vtl-devices
```

By following these steps, you can remediate the misconfiguration of Storage Gateway volumes not having a backup plan in AWS EC2 using AWS CLI.

Using Python

To remediate the misconfiguration of Storage Gateway Volumes not having a backup plan in AWS EC2 using Python, you can follow these steps:

Import the necessary libraries:

import boto3

Initialize the AWS EC2 client:

ec2_client = boto3.client('ec2')

Retrieve a list of Storage Gateway volumes:

response = ec2_client.describe_volumes(Filters=[{'Name': 'volume-type', 'Values': ['gateway']}])

For each volume, check if a backup plan is already configured. If not, create a backup plan using AWS Backup service:

backup_client = boto3.client('backup')

for volume in response['Volumes']:
    volume_arn = volume['VolumeArn']
    
    # Check if backup plan is already configured
    try:
        response = backup_client.get_recovery_point_restore_metadata(ResourceArn=volume_arn)
    except backup_client.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException:
        # Create a backup plan if not already configured
        backup_plan = {
            'BackupPlanName': 'BackupPlanForVolume_' + volume['VolumeId'],
            'BackupPlanRule': {
                'RuleName': 'DefaultBackupRule',
                'TargetBackupVaultName': 'Default'
            }
        }
        response = backup_client.create_backup_plan(BackupPlan=backup_plan)

Implement appropriate error handling and logging as needed.

By following these steps and running the Python script, you can remediate the misconfiguration of Storage Gateway Volumes not having a backup plan in AWS EC2.

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