Adding Amazon RDS SQL Instances to the Pseudo-client

After you configure the pseudo-client for Amazon RDS, add a SQL server for each Amazon RDS instance that is part of the account.

Procedure

1. From the CommCell Browser, go to Client Computers > pseudo-client.

2. Right-click SQL Server, point to All Tasks, and then click New SQL Server.

   The New SQL Server dialog box appears.

3. On the General tab, from the Server Name list, select the Amazon RDS instance.

   Note

   To use an Active Directory (AD) account for the backup, configure an Active Directory admin for that instance on the Amazon AWS portal. The AD account must be a local administrator on the access node and along with all permissions for a non-master user must have a “Create any database” securable permission on the RDS SQL instance. You must enter the user details in user_name@domain_name format. You can provide the AD account credentials in the SQL Agent Authentication tab at the agent level or in the Accounts tab at the instance level. The AD account credentials are honored only when the server admin is not set at both the agent and instance levels.

4. Click OK.

5. Right-click SQL Server, and then click Properties.

   The SQL Server Properties dialog box appears.

6. On the Cloud Configuration tab, do the following:

   1. In the S3 Bucket Name box, enter the S3 bucket name for the Amazon S3 cloud account.

   2. From the AWS SQL Server Account list, select the credential for SQL server.

      Tip

      To add a new credential, from the AWS SQL Server Account list, click Create New.

7. Click Change Account to enter the admin account credentials of the RDS SQL instance to be protected.

8. Click OK.

What to Do Next

Create a subclient to protect the databases. When you create the subclient, set the subclient type to Database (New SQL Subclient dialog box, General tab, Subclient Type list). For more information, see Creating User-Defined Subclients to Back Up a Group of SQL Databases.