--- title: "Apache Iceberg Backup and Recovery | Clumio by Commvault " type: "WebPage" language: "en-US" url: "https://www.commvault.com/clumio/workloads/apache-iceberg" date: "2025-09-26T10:41:30-04:00" modified: "2026-08-05T11:43:19-04:00" description: "Protect Apache Iceberg data lakehouses on AWS with immutable backups and fast, cloud-native recovery from Clumio by Commvault. " image: "https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/clumio-thumbnail-1200x630-1.jpeg" breadcrumbs: - name: "Commvault Home" url: "https://www.commvault.com/" - name: "Clumio" url: "https://www.commvault.com/clumio" - name: "Workloads" url: "https://www.commvault.com/clumio/workloads" - name: "Apache iceberg" --- # Clumio | Apache Iceberg CLUMIO BY COMMVAULT ## Enterprise-Grade Apache Iceberg Backup and Recovery on AWS Protect Apache Iceberg tables managed by AWS Glue and Amazon S3 Tables with Iceberg-aware, immutable backup and recovery. [Try on AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-hdul2n6jr5dou?trk=3cb03459-ec7e-4863-8cfa-9d04dd26709a&sc_channel=el&s) --- ## Your Data Lake isn’t Just Growing—It’s Becoming Harder to Recover --- ## Protect petabyte-scale datasets automatically Serverless architecture scales without customer-managed backup infrastructure --- ## What happens when your pipeline corrupts data? ETL, analytics, and AI workflows can silently introduce errors --- ## Recover Iceberg tables to a known-good state Restore table data, metadata, and snapshot lineage together --- ## What Is Apache Iceberg? Apache Iceberg is an open table format for large-scale analytics that brings database-like capabilities to data stored in object storage such as Amazon S3. ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Apache-Iceberg-Hero-Original-3x.png) --- ## Why Apache Iceberg Requires Dedicated Protection Apache Iceberg often powers business-critical analytics, AI, and data lakehouse workloads. ## Key Factors - Iceberg tables require metadata, snapshots, manifests, and lineage. - Native snapshots lack long-term retention, compliance, and ransomware resilience. - Generic S3 backups require manual Iceberg table reconstruction. ## Resulting Operational Impact - Increased recovery complexity for analytics and AI workloads. - Challenges meeting long-term retention and governance requirements. - Greater operational risk during data loss, corruption, or ransomware events. --- ## How Clumio Supports Apache Iceberg Backup and Recovery --- ## Iceberg-Aware Backup and Recovery Protects Iceberg tables with transactionally consistent backups and restores them without the need for manual metadata reconstruction. ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Apache-Iceberg-Backup-original-1.png) --- ## Immutable, Air-Gapped Resilience Stores Iceberg backups in immutable, isolated storage, helping reduce the impact of ransomware, compromise, and accidental deletion. ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Apache-Icerberg-Backup-Overview-Original.png) --- ## Flexible Recovery Across Time and Place Supports point-in-time and snapshot restores for Iceberg tables while enabling flexible cross-environment recovery to minimize analytics downtime. ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Apache-Icerberg-Output-Original-1.png) --- ## Unlimited Snapshot Retention Maintains unlimited Iceberg snapshots to support long-term retention, audits, and compliance without affecting live lakehouse performance. ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Apache-Icerberg-Calendar-Original.png) --- ## Business Outcomes Helps organizations recover faster from ransomware, corruption, and accidental data loss, reduce disruption to analytics, reporting, and AI workloads, gain greater visibility into protected Iceberg tables and recovery points, and lower the operational overhead of protecting large-scale data lakes. ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Apache-Iceberg-Hero-Original-1.png) --- ## Cyber Resilient Businesses Protect Their Cloud Data with Clumio - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Atlassian-color-logo.png) - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/AuditFile-color-logo.png) - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/CAVA-color-logo.png) - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cox-Automotive-1.png) - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Shields-Health-color-logo.png) - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/xyzt.ai_logo.png) --- > “Clumio does not consume any resources, and it does not affect our infrastructure. Yet it grows as much as we need it to. As much as our data grows, Clumio will serve that purpose.” > > Dimitar Aleksiev > > Director of IT, CAVA Group > “Clumio solves a really important problem for us – providing the peace of mind that if we had a catastrophic failure or ransomware event, we will be able to get back up and running. ” > > Aaron Budge > > VP Production Engineering and IT, Parchment > “The highest impact features in Clumio for us are that you can set up protection policies that use tags and are simple to apply and simple to understand when looking in your environment at how you're backing things up.” > > Walter Moore > > Senior Systems Administrator, Eckerd College > “Using AWS Storage Lens, we confirmed that backups through Clumio were 66.7% cheaper than what we were paying previously. That validation came quickly, and it accelerated our internal approval to move forward. ” > > Lida Joly > > CEO, xyzt.ai --- ## Native Apache Iceberg vs Cloud-Native Protection | | Native Protection | Cloud-Native Protection | |---|---|---| | Stores backups in immutable, isolated environments | No | Yes | | Centralizes recovery workflows across AWS workloads | No | Yes | | Designed to support cloud-scale database recovery scenarios | No | Yes | --- ## Clumio’s Protection Capabilities for Apache Iceberg ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Crocus-Icon-1.png) --- Event-driven, incremental backup for Apache Iceberg tables and underlying S3 data ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Crocus-Icon-2.png) --- Immutable, air-gapped backup storage ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Crocus-Icon-3.png) --- Iceberg-aware recovery that preserves table metadata, manifests, and snapshot lineage ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Crocus-Icon-4.png) --- Point-in-time recovery and in-place rollback with Backtrack --- ## Frequently Asked Questions How does Clumio protect Apache Iceberg data on AWS? Clumio protects Apache Iceberg tables with immutable, air-gapped backups and Iceberg-aware recovery workflows. This helps organizations recover from incidents such as ransomware, accidental deletion, data corruption, and operational failures without manual reconstruction of table metadata. How is Apache Iceberg backup different from traditional data lake backup? Apache Iceberg uses an open table format with frequent metadata updates and snapshot-based commits, which require protection that understands table structure and lineage. Clumio is designed to capture and restore Iceberg metadata, manifests, and snapshots, rather than treating data as generic files. Can Clumio restore Apache Iceberg tables quickly after an incident? Clumio supports snapshot-level and point-in-time recovery for Iceberg tables, along with cross-account and cross-region restore options. This allows teams to recover analytics and AI workloads without managing recovery infrastructure. Can Clumio migrate Apache Iceberg tables to Amazon S3 Tables? Yes. Clumio can restore Iceberg tables managed in the AWS Glue Data Catalog as Amazon S3 Tables, supporting modernization and migration workflows while preserving table history. For more information, see the blog [Simplifying Your Migration to Amazon S3 Tables with Clumio.](https://www.commvault.com/blogs/simplifying-your-migration-to-amazon-s3-tables-with-clumio) Does Clumio support long-term retention for Apache Iceberg snapshots? Yes. Clumio supports unlimited Iceberg snapshot retention, enabling long-term history for compliance, audits, and investigations without impacting live lakehouse performance. --- ## Discover and Learn Resources ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Thumbnail_Blog-Migration-to-S3-Clumio-2026.png) BLOG ## Simplifying Your Migration to Amazon S3 Tables with Clumio Commvault offering provides an automated, scalable, and resilient option for enterprise data lakehouse modernization. [Read the Blog about Simplifying Your Migration to Amazon S3 Tables with Clumio](https://www.commvault.com/blogs/simplifying-your-migration-to-amazon-s3-tables-with-clumio) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Clumio-Apache-Iceberg-on-AWS-800x800-1.jpg) SOLUTION BRIEF ## Clumio for Apache Iceberg on AWS Iceberg-aware, air-gapped backup and recovery for AWS data lakehouses. [View the Solution Brief about Clumio for Apache Iceberg on AWS](https://www.commvault.com/resources/solution-brief/clumio-for-apache-iceberg-on-aws) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/image-1.png) BLOG ## Closing the Gap in Data Lakehouse Protection The data lakehouse is exposed. Discover how to protect your AI and analytics investments from ransomware and downtime. [Read the Blog about Closing the Gap in Data Lakehouse Protection](https://www.commvault.com/blogs/closing-the-gap-in-data-lakehouse-protection) --- ## Clumio Data Risk Assessment Get deeper visibility into the risk posture of your cloud data estate. 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