# Permission Requirements for Amazon RDS Protection

For protection of Amazon RDS resources, Commvault provides a set of identity-based policies that are attached to an IAM user, group, or role. Use these policies to specify what that identity can do (that is, its permissions).

## Amazon RDS Using Export-based Backups

The following IAM policy (in JSON format) that include the required permissions is mandatory for protecting Amazon RDS using export-based backups.

- Required policy: Amazon RDS export-based backup restore permissions.json

For information on how Commvault uses these permissions, see AWS permissions usage for Amazon RDS using export.

## Amazon RDS Using Snapshot-based Backups

The following IAM policy (in JSON format) that include the required permissions is mandatory for protecting Amazon RDS using snapshot-based backups.

- Required policy: Amazon RDS snapshot-based backup restore permissions.json

For information on how Commvault uses these permissions, see AWS permissions usage for Amazon RDS using snapshots.

## Related Topics

- AWS resource tags for Amazon RDS

- AWS service endpoints

- AWS regions and availability zones supported for Amazon RDS

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