Amazon RDS Protection Using Native Database Utilities Firewall

When you use the Commvault software to perform logical dumps of Amazon RDS databases, you need to have a one-way firewall so that the on-premises CommServe server and MediaAgent can communicate with the network gateway server that resides in the Amazon cloud.

The following image shows the solution network overview.

Amazon RDS for Databases Firewall (1)

The on-premises site contains the following components:

  • A CommServe computer (CS)

  • A MediaAgent (MA)

  • Virtual server client computers for the databases, for example Oracle.

The cloud contains a Commvault network gateway server that communicates with the Amazon RDS databases.

To facilitate this communication, create the following client groups:

  • A client group that contains the MediaAgent and the CommServe computer.

  • A client group that contains the network gateway server.

After you create the client groups, add the following two network topologies for the feature:

  1. Configuring a One-Way Network Topology for Amazon RDS Database Protection. This is a one-way network route between the two client groups. When you create this topology, the MediaAgent and the CommServe computer can establish a connection with the network gateway server.

  2. Configuring a Proxy Network Topology for Amazon RDS Database Protection. This is a topology that uses a network gateway between a client group that contains the MediaAgent and the CommServe computer, and a client group that contains the clients that contain the databases. When you create this topology, the network gateway server that resides in the Amazon cloud can establish a connection with the Amazon RDS databases.

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