Configuring Cross-Region Restore of an Amazon RDS Snapshot Copy in the Same or Different Account

You can restore Amazon RDS snapshots to a different geographic region in the same or different cloud account. To do so, you need to create a secondary snapshot copy and add the mapping from source region to the target region. By default, if you don't map the source region to the target region, the target region is mapped to be the same region as the source region of the snapshot. Replication will be automatically enabled on the instance.

Before You Begin

• If the source Amazon RDS instance is using a Custom Option Group, then verify that a Custom Option Group with the same name and parameters exists in the destination region.

• If the AWS RDS Database is KMS encrypted, ensure that it meets the KMS Key Permission Requirements for Amazon RDS Using Snapshot.

Create a Secondary Snapshot Copy

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Databases.

   The Overview page appears.

2. On the Instances tab, click the instance.

   The Overview page of the instance appears.

3. In the General tile, click on the backup plan associated with the instance.

   The Overview page of the backup plan appears.

4. On the Storage policies tab, in the Copies area, click Add > Snap copy.

   The Add snapshot copy dialog box appears.

5. In the Name box, type a name for the secondary snapshot copy.

6. In the Copy type area, select Vault/Replica.

7. From the Storage list, select a storage.

8. From the Backups to copy list, select a backup job type.

9. From the Source list, select the primary snapshot copy.

10. To select a date from which you want to copy the backup types, do one of the following:

    • To copy the backup types from the initial backup date, select Protect from initial backup date.

    • To select a specific date, select Protect from a specific date and then set the Start time.

11. For the Retention rules, select either Retention period or Number of snap recovery points, and then add the rules.

12. To specify additional backups, such as weekly full backups, move the Extended Retention rules toggle key to the right, and then add rules.

13. To add mappings, in the Mappings field, click Add.

    The Add Mappings dialog box appears.

    1. From the Snapshot vendor list, select Amazon web Services.

    2. From the Source Region list, select the source region from which you want to restore the snapshot.

    3. From the Target Region list, select a target region to which you want to restore the snapshot.

    4. Click ADD.

    5. Review the Mappings added, and then click SAVE.

14. In the Add snapshot copy dialog box, click SAVE.

Result

Replication will be enabled and the region mapping will be added on the associated instance.

Viewing and Editing the Region Mapping

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Databases.

   The Overview page appears.

2. On the Instances tab, click the instance.

   The Overview page of the instance appears.

3. On the Instance groups tab, click the instance group for which you want to view the snapshot options.

   The Overview page of the instance group appears.

4. In the Snapshot section, complete the following:

   • By default, Replication will be enabled. If it is not enabled, move the toggle key to the right.

   • To edit the existing mapping, do the following:

     1. Click Edit .

        The Edit source region dialog box appears.

     2. From the Destination region list, select the target region, and the click SAVE.

   • To add new mapping, do the following:

     1. In the Region map area, click Add.

        The Add a region mapping dialog box appears.

     2. From the Source region and Destination region lists, select a source AWS region and a target AWS region, and then click SAVE.

   • To delete a mapping, do the following:

     1. Add a new mapping.

     2. Next to the old mapping, click Delete .