AWS Backup Plan pattern-based discovery

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  • Updated May 6, 2026
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    Summary of AWS Backup Plan pattern-based discovery

    The AWS Backup Plan pattern-based discovery enables ServiceNow customers to detect and map AWS Backup Plans within their cloud environments using the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application. This discovery populates data into both CMDB and non-CMDB tables, facilitating comprehensive visibility and management of backup plans.

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    Key Features

    • Pattern Activation: The AWS Backup Plan discovery pattern is disabled by default and must be enabled. From Visibility Content version 6.28.0 onward, activating or deactivating patterns is no longer considered a customization and patterns will reset to the latest predefined version during upgrades while retaining the last active state.
    • Prerequisites and Resource Management: Customers must verify AWS discovery prerequisites and ensure relevant resources are not listed in the Resource Inclusion List table to avoid duplicates.
    • Data Storage:
      • Non-CMDB Tables: The pattern populates AWS Backup Plan data into specialized non-CMDB tables such as cmdbawsbackupbackupplan, capturing details like the plan name, Amazon Resource Name (ARN), plan ID, version ID, and creator request ID.
      • CMDB Tables: It also populates the cmdbcicmpresource table with Cloud Resource records representing AWS Backup Plans, including fields like object ID (ARN), name, resource type, operational status, and install status.
    • CI Relationships and References: The discovery creates relationships such as "Hosted on" linking AWS Backup Plans to AWS Datacenter CIs and references between backup plans, cloud resources, and key-value tag records.
    • AWS Tag Discovery: Tags associated with AWS Backup Plans are collected and stored in the cmdbkeyvalue table, enabling customers to manage and query tags effectively.

    Practical Benefits

    • Provides accurate and up-to-date discovery of AWS Backup Plans within ServiceNow's CMDB and related tables.
    • Helps prevent duplicate discoveries through management of the Resource Inclusion List.
    • Facilitates enhanced visibility into AWS Backup Plans by capturing detailed attributes and tags for better governance and compliance.
    • Supports integration and mapping of backup plans to underlying AWS infrastructure components for a holistic cloud resource view.

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns finds AWS Backup Plans on your cloud environment. Discovering some of these resources may require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

    Pattern-based discovery and mapping requirements

    Verify the AWS discovery prerequisites
    For more information, see the prerequisites section in AWS discovery using patterns.
    Remove resources from the Resource Inclusion List table
    Verify that the relevant resource isn't listed in the Resource Inclusion List [sa_cloud_inventory_resource_whitelist] table to avoid duplicate discovery. For more information on removing resources from the Resource Inclusion List, see AWS Resource Inventory discovery with Patterns.
    Enable the relevant pattern
    The pattern for this service is disabled by default. Starting with Visibility Content version 6.28.0, activating or deactivating a pattern won't be considered a customization, and it will continue to receive updates. Patterns that were previously activated or deactivated will reset to the latest predefined version after upgrading while retaining the last active field value. For more information on enabling patterns, see Activate a disabled pattern.

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in both CMDB and non-CMDB tables.

    Data stored in non-CMDB tables

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in the non-CMDB table when running the Amazon AWS - Backup Backup Plan - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern.

    You can review the non-CMDB AWS tables by navigating to All > Configuration > AWS. You can also search the navigation filter for the specific pattern name.

    Table 1. AWS Backup Backup Plan [cmdb_aws_backup_backup_plan]
    Field Description
    Name [name] Name of the AWS Backup Plan.
    Object ID [object_id] Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that uniquely identifies the backup plan.
    Plan ID [plan_id] Unique identifier assigned to the backup plan.
    Version ID [version_id] Version identifier of the backup plan.
    Creator Request ID [creator_request_id] Unique string that identifies the request to create a backup plan.
    Configuration Item [configuration_item] References the Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource] table.

    Data stored in CMDB tables

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in the CMDB when running the Amazon AWS - Backup Backup Plan - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern.

    Table 2. Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource]
    Field Description
    Object ID [object_id] ARN that uniquely identifies the backup plan.
    Name [name] Name of the AWS Backup Plan.
    Resource type [resource_type] Type of resource. The value is set to AWS::Backup::BackupPlan.
    Operational status [operational_status] Operational status of the resource. Default value is Operational.
    Install Status [install_status] Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed.

    CI relationships

    The Amazon AWS - Backup Backup Plan - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern creates the following relationships and references to support AWS Backup Plan discovery. References link to records in other tables and don't appear in the CI Relationship [cmdb_rel_ci] table.

    Table 3. CI relationships
    CI Relationship CI
    Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource] Hosted on::Hosts AWS Datacenter [cmdb_ci_aws_datacenter]
    Table 4. CI references
    CI Field Referenced CI
    AWS Backup Backup Plan [cmdb_aws_backup_backup_plan] Configuration Item [configuration_item] Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource]
    Key Value [cmdb_key_value] Configuration item [configuration_item] Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource]

    AWS Tag discovery

    The Amazon AWS - Backup Backup Plan - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern collects tags and populates them in the Key Value [cmdb_key_value] table.

    Table 5. Key Value [cmdb_key_value]
    Field Description
    Key [key] Tag name.
    Value [value] Tag value.
    Configuration item [configuration_item] References the Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource] table.