Getting started with RDS Airgap backup? Discover all the essential resources you need to launch your journey right here!
You can protect RDS databases and RDS clusters using the Airgap data protection solution. With additional air gapped backup support for Amazon DocumentDB and Amazon Neptune, you can secure even more data across your AWS ecosystem.
Step 1: Get started with AWS Workloads
Log into the management console and ensure that you have the following in place:
Create an IAM access role to grant our data protection solution access to your AWS account.
Create and manage Administrators and Administrator Groups, and define the role of your administrators.
Step 2: Provision Storage and Configure Storage Rules
Storage Rules help create a mapping between Druva Cloud and your AWS resources within specific Regions and Accounts. Storage Rules are integral to your Cloud data protection workflow.
Once you identify the AWS resources to be backed up to Druva Cloud, the Storage Rules directs data backups to the appropriate Druva Cloud Region provisioned within your chosen Account. For more information, see Provision Storage and Configure Storage Rules.
📝 Note: Configure Storage Rules to get started with backing up your RDS data to Druva Cloud. A backup policy defined to move snapshots to Druva Cloud will be executed only when a corresponding Storage Rule is available.
Step 3: Discover and Sync your RDS databases and clusters
Enable periodic Sync to synchronize your AWS environment with AWS Workloads.
Update access roles and permissions to authorize access to new features and functionality.
You can now view and configure the RDS resources discovered right from the Resources page on your management console.
Step 4: Configure RDS resources for Airgap backup
Setup backup policies to configure RDS databases and clusters for airgap backup.
Backup policies define the backup schedule and retention for the resources specified with options to create consistent snapshots for any Windows server with VSS installed.
Generate on-demand backups or configure newly discovered resources to an existing policy.
Step 5: Restore RDS databases and clusters
Upon successful backup, you can choose the specific restore points to be restored.
📌 Additional information
Know more about Airgap Data Protection of RDS Databases and Clusters.
Review the architecture and backup workflow for Airgap Data Protection of RDS Databases and Clusters.
Review the Frequently asked questions on Air-gapped backup for Amazon RDS.