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RDS Air-Gapped Backup Failure with Error: “Copying unencrypted cluster with encryption is not supported”

RDS Air-Gapped Backup Failure with Error: “Copying unencrypted cluster with encryption is not supported”

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Problem Description

When performing an air-gapped backup of RDS resources to the Druva Cloud, the backup job fails during Step 2 with the following error message:

“Copying unencrypted cluster with encryption is not supported”

Traceback

During the aws/rdsairgap/copyresource step, the job fails with the status code InvalidParameterValue, indicating that the RDS cluster snapshot cannot be copied because encryption requirements are not met.

    "step": "aws/rdsairgap/copyresource",
"status_message": "Copying unencrypted cluster with encryption is not supported",
"status_code": "InvalidParameterValue",
"resource_type": "RDSClusterSnapshot",
"resource_id": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxx",

Cause

This issue occurs due to one of the following encryption-related conditions:

  • The RDS data being backed up is unencrypted

  • The RDS data is encrypted using an AWS Managed Key (AMK)

Druva supports air-gapped backups only for RDS data encrypted with a Customer Managed Key (CMK).

Air-gapped backups are not supported for:

  • Unencrypted RDS data

  • RDS data encrypted using AWS Managed Keys (AMK)

Resolution

To successfully perform an air-gapped backup for RDS resources:

  1. Verify that the RDS instance or cluster is encrypted

  2. Ensure that encryption is configured using a Customer Managed Key (CMK)

  3. If the RDS resource is unencrypted or encrypted with an AWS Managed Key, reconfigure encryption using a CMK before attempting the backup again

Druva does not support air-gapped backups for unencrypted RDS resources or those encrypted with AWS Managed Keys.

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