Choosing a Backup Region

When you set up Salesforce Backup & Recover Next, you select a region to store your backup data. The region determines the physical location of your backed-up data and can differ from your Salesforce org's region. After setup, you can't change your backup region.

Required Editions

Available in: Lightning Experience

Available in: Professional, Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions with the Backup & Recover Data and Backup & Recover Files add-on licenses

Choosing the right region helps you meet data residency requirements for your organization. Data residency is the physical or geographic location where data is stored. Your organization might have legal, regulatory, or compliance requirements that dictate where to store backup data.

Backup & Recover Next supports these regions for backup data storage.

Salesforce Region Name	AWS Instance
Japan	ap-northeast-1
GovCloud	us-gov-east-1
India	ap-south-1
US East	us-east-1
US West	us-west-2

Your backup region can be different from your Salesforce org's region. For example, your org can be hosted in the United States while your backup data is stored in Japan. Select the region that meets your data residency requirements when you set up Salesforce Backup & Recover Next.

Important After you select a region during setup, you can't change it through the Salesforce Backup & Recover Next interface. If you must change your backup region, contact Salesforce Support. All data backed up in your original region is permanently lost when you change regions. Your backup history and previously backed-up data can't be accessed or transferred to the new region.

Select Your Storage Region
Before you start backing up data, select the region where Backup & Recover Next stores backup data. Selecting a region helps your organization meet data residency requirements and align backup placement with disaster recovery plans.