Generally availableAug 24, 2026

Backup vault support for Filestore instances encrypted with customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) is now generally available (GA).

Backup vault support for Filestore instances encrypted with customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) is now generally available (GA). When you back up Filestore instances to a CMEK-enabled backup vault, the backups are encrypted using the backup vault CMEK key.

For more information, see Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK), Back up Filestore instances to a backup vault, and Restore a Filestore instance from a backup vault.

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Support for backing up and restoring workloads managed via the legacy appliance management console is deprecated.
Key milestones for this deprecation include the following:
Backup and DR ServiceDeprecationSep 30, 2026
Note: These fixes and updates are available starting with Backup and DR release 11.0.17.496.
These fixes are not rolled out to the 11.0.16 release; we recommend upgrading the backup/recovery appliance to version 11.0.17 to receive these updates. Security Bulletin – Appliance:

Backup vault support for Filestore instances encrypted with customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) is now generally available (GA).

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Backup vault support for Filestore instances encrypted with customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) is now generally available (GA).

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