To back up the Amazon RDS database, create an instance for the database. You can create a new AWS account at the same time.
Before You Begin
Define custom permissions to access AWS resources to enable support for Amazon RDS backups and restores. Download the amazon_rds_backup_restore_permissions.json file and use it on the AWS command line to apply the required permissions.
Procedure
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From the navigation pane, go to Protect > Databases.
The Instances page appears.
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Click Add Instance, and then click Cloud DB.
The Add Cloud DB instance dialog box appears.
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From the Select vendor list, select Amazon Web Services.
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From the Database service list, select RDS.
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For Backup method, select Snapshot.
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To add a new account, click Add.
The Add cloud account dialog box appears.
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In the Name box, type a name for the new cloud account.
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In the Regions box, type the region names that you want to back up, separated by commas. For example, enter us-east-1,us-west-1.
By default, clusters or instances from all regions are backed up. Choose the regions to back up if any of the following conditions are true:
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The cloud account does not have access to all the AWS regions due to organizational restrictions.
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You want to restrict the backups to certain regions.
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Enter the host or account authentication information:
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To use IAM role authentication, click IAM role.
Note
If you select IAM role authentication, but an access node that is not associated with the IAM role is used for a backup or restore, the operation fails.
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To use an access key and secret key pair to access the AWS account, click Access and secret key, and then from the Credentials list select the credential entity.
The Use service account resources toggle key does not apply to cloud databases.
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To use an STS assume role with IAM policy to access the AWS account, click STS assume role with IAM policy, and then from the Credentials list select the credential entity.
The Use service account resources toggle key does not apply to cloud databases.
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To select access nodes that have the necessary permissions associated with them in the AWS Console, from the Access nodes list, select access nodes to use for the backup and restore operations.
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Click Save.
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From the Plan list, select the server plan that you want to use for the backup operations.
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To filter the content that is backed up, click Edit, and then select or clear the regions to include or exclude from the backups.
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Click Add.
Results
After you create the instance, a default instance group is automatically created for the instance.
Related Topics
For more information about creating a new credential entity, see Creating a Credential Entity.