System Requirements for Amazon RDS Using Snapshots

To back up and restore RDS data on an Amazon application, verify that your environment has the required software and a firewall.

Software Requirements

  • Packages that are required on access nodes:

    • Virtual Server Agent
  • Access nodes that you run backup and restore operations on must have one of the following operating systems:

Linux

Operating system

Processor architecture

Amazon Linux 2 AMI (HVM) - Kernel 5.10, SSD Volume Type

  • 64-bit (ARM) (recommended)

  • 64-bit (x86)

CentOS 7

  • x64

  • Compatible processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.x

  • x64

  • Compatible processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.x

  • x64

  • Compatible processors

Windows

Operating system

Processor architecture

Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, and 2012

  • x64

  • Compatible processors

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