EFS should have snapshot function similar to EBS

[kaovilai]

Describe the feature

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/efs/latest/ug/awsbackup.html suggests one can start ondemand backup
seems to be via
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/API_StartBackupJob.html

make similar functions to https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ebs#Client.StartSnapshot and others

Use Case

So that kubernetes-sigs/aws-efs-csi-driver#511 can actually implement snapshot in a similar way to EBS CSI driver

So that vmware-tanzu/velero#5418 and others can implemente universally using CSI interface, a way to trigger backup of EBS volumes.

Proposed Solution

Use https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/API_StartBackupJob.html or other APIs to create function equivalent to StartSnapshot for EBS.

Other Information

No response

Acknowledgements

• I may be able to implement this feature request
• This feature might incur a breaking change

AWS Go SDK V2 Module Versions Used

latest

Go version used

1.23

[RanVaknin]

Hi @kaovilai ,

The AWS SDKs are all code-generated from the upstream API models of each AWS service. The SDK team cannot "add" API operations / options since those must be modeled and also have backend support for it to work.

I saw that this feature request already exists with the EFS service team (#a2vRU000000AJSoYAO) , so I added this github issue as a data point for that team to consider. Unfortunately I don't have visibility to when / if it will get implemented.

Since this is not actionable by the Go SDK team, I'm going to close it.

Thanks,
Ran~

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[kaovilai]

@RanVaknin is there any public visibility into the ticket with EFS team? Some way to ad-hoc check on the status.

[RanVaknin]

Unfortunately there is not.