EFS backup error InvalidParameterValueException

Summary

This article details how to correct the EFS backup error InvalidParameterValueException

Description

The issue is the lack of or incorrect configuration of the Role: 

Creating IAM Roles in AWS

A default or custom IAM role is necessary for AWS to perform EFS operations on behalf of N2WS.

To create a default IAM Role:

1. Go to the AWS Backup Service:

https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/backup/

2. Click the Create an on-demand backup button:

1. For Resource type, select EBS.
2. For Volume ID, select any EBS volume to backup.
3. Select Default IAM Role.

3. Click the Create on-demand backup button. Ignore the error provided by AWS.

Verify that the following role was created on AWS IAM Service:

To create a custom IAM Role:

1. Go to AWS IAM Service:

https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/home#/roles

2. Click the Create role button.

3. Select AWS Backup and click Next: Permissions.

4. Search for BackupService.

5. Select the following AWS managed policies:

1. AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForBackup
2. AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForRestores

​6.  Click Next: Tags and then click Next: Review.

7. Enter a Role name and click Create role.

For more details on how to configure N2WS Backup and Recovery for EFS see the CPM User Guide:

https://docs.n2ws.com/user-guide/8-using-elastic-file-system-efs#8-1-configuring-efs

Confirmation Steps

After the steps above rerun the backup and it should be successful.