How to Backup Debian 9.X EC2 Instances in AWS Cloud

Symptom

When backup is run for Debian 9.X EC2 instances in AWS cloud, the backup job fails without showing any specific errors.

Solution

When the Debian 9.X instances are created in AWS cloud and added to protect, absence of Perl modules may lead to the error. To resolve, install the packages using the following commands:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install apt-file

sudo apt-file update