Step 3. Specify IAM Identity

At the Account step of the wizard, choose whether you want to use an IAM role, an AWS account or one-time access keys of an IAM user to allow Veeam Backup for AWS to perform the restore operation. For information on the permissions that the IAM role or IAM user must have to perform the restore operation, see Redshift Restore IAM Permissions.

Specifying IAM Role

To specify an IAM role to be used for the restore operation, select the IAM role option. By default, Veeam Backup for AWS automatically chooses an IAM role from the same AWS account to which the source Redshift clusters belong. You can also choose a role manually — however, keep in mind that the selected role must belong to an AWS account to which you plan to restore Redshift clusters.

For an IAM role to be displayed in the list of available roles, it must be added to Veeam Backup for AWS with the Amazon Redshift Restore operation selected as described in section Adding IAM Roles. If you have not added the necessary IAM role to Veeam Backup for AWS beforehand, you can do it without closing the Redshift Cluster Restore wizard. To do that, click Add and complete the Add IAM Role wizard.

Important

It is recommended that you check whether the selected IAM role has all the permissions required to perform the operation. If some permissions of the IAM role are missing, the restore operation will fail to complete successfully. To run the IAM role permission check, click Check Permissions and follow the instructions provided in section Checking IAM Role Permissions.

Specifying AWS Account

To specify an AWS account to be used for the restore operation, select the Organization account option. Since Veeam Backup for AWS does not support cross-account recovery of Redshift clusters, Veeam Backup for AWS automatically chooses the AWS account to which the source Redshift clusters belong and the organization identity (either an entire AWS Organization or a scope of organizational units) that contains the account.

For an organization or an identity to be displayed in the list of available identities, it must be added to Veeam Backup for AWS as described in section Adding AWS Organizations. For an AWS account to be displayed in the list of available accounts, it must be created in the the selected organization identity as described in AWS Documentation.

Specifying One-Time Access Keys

To specify one-time access keys to be used for the restore operation, select the Temporary access keys option and use the Access key and Secret key fields to provide the access key ID and the secret access key. The selected IAM role must belong to an AWS account where the source clusters reside.

Note

Veeam Backup for AWS does not store one-time access keys in the configuration database.