diff --git a/terraform/environments/apex/ec2.tf b/terraform/environments/apex/ec2.tf
index 97367419197..0aeb376f0bd 100644
--- a/terraform/environments/apex/ec2.tf
+++ b/terraform/environments/apex/ec2.tf
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ resource "aws_instance" "apex_db_instance" {
     volume_type           = "gp2"
     tags = merge(
       local.tags,
-      { "Name" = "${local.application_name}db-ec2-root" }
+      { "Name" = "${local.application_name}db-ec2-root" },
+      { "backup" = "false" }
     )
   }
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ resource "aws_instance" "apex_db_instance" {
     local.tags,
     { "Name" = local.database_ec2_name },
     { "instance-scheduling" = "skip-scheduling" },
+    { "backup" = "false" },
     local.backup_schedule_tags
   )
 }
@@ -176,7 +178,8 @@ resource "aws_ebs_volume" "u01-orahome" {
   }
   tags = merge(
     local.tags,
-    { "Name" = "${local.application_name}db-ec2-u01-orahome" }
+    { "Name" = "${local.application_name}db-ec2-u01-orahome" },
+    { "backup" = "false" }
   )
 }
 resource "aws_volume_attachment" "u01-orahome" {
@@ -197,7 +200,8 @@ resource "aws_ebs_volume" "u02-oradata" {
   }
   tags = merge(
     local.tags,
-    { "Name" = "${local.application_name}db-ec2-u02-oradata" }
+    { "Name" = "${local.application_name}db-ec2-u02-oradata" },
+    { "backup" = "false" }
   )
 }
 
@@ -221,7 +225,8 @@ resource "aws_ebs_volume" "u03-redo" {
   }
   tags = merge(
     local.tags,
-    { "Name" = "${local.application_name}db-ec2-u03-redo" }
+    { "Name" = "${local.application_name}db-ec2-u03-redo" },
+    { "backup" = "false" }
   )
 }
 resource "aws_volume_attachment" "u03-redo" {
@@ -242,7 +247,8 @@ resource "aws_ebs_volume" "u04-arch" {
   }
   tags = merge(
     local.tags,
-    { "Name" = "${local.application_name}db-ec2-u04-arch" }
+    { "Name" = "${local.application_name}db-ec2-u04-arch" },
+    { "backup" = "false" }
   )
 }
 resource "aws_volume_attachment" "u04-arch" {
diff --git a/terraform/environments/apex/modules/ecs/main.tf b/terraform/environments/apex/modules/ecs/main.tf
index efbd76b8fff..86c215db434 100644
--- a/terraform/environments/apex/modules/ecs/main.tf
+++ b/terraform/environments/apex/modules/ecs/main.tf
@@ -148,19 +148,19 @@ resource "aws_launch_template" "ec2-launch-template" {
     resource_type = "instance"
     tags = merge(tomap({
       "Name" = "${var.app_name}-ecs-cluster"
-    }), var.tags_common)
+    }), var.tags_common, { "backup" = "false" })
   }
 
   tag_specifications {
     resource_type = "volume"
     tags = merge(tomap({
       "Name" = "${var.app_name}-ecs-cluster"
-    }), var.tags_common)
+    }), var.tags_common, { "backup" = "false" })
   }
 
   tags = merge(tomap({
     "Name" = "${var.app_name}-ecs-cluster-template"
-  }), var.tags_common)
+  }), var.tags_common, { "backup" = "false" })
 }
 
 # IAM Role, policy and instance profile (to attach the role to the EC2)