Step 5. Configure Target Instance Settings

At the Instance step of the wizard, specify the target AWS Region where a DB instance will host the restored databases, and choose the target DB instance.

Note

If the specified target region is the same region where the source DB instance resided and if the specified DB instance is the same instance that hosted the source databases, the next run of the backup policy protecting the source DB instance will take more time to complete in case the restore operation completes successfully. This is the expected behavior caused by AWS technical limitations.

You must also specify credentials of a database account that Veeam Backup for AWS will use to connect to the target DB instance. To do that, click the link next to the Credentials field. In the Configure credentials window, choose whether you want to provide temporary credentials or select an existing database account. For an account to be displayed in the list of available accounts, it must be added to Veeam Backup for AWS as described in section Adding Database Accounts. If you have not added the necessary account beforehand, click Add and complete the Add Account wizard.

Important

For Veeam Backup for AWS to be able to restore the selected databases, the specified account must exist on the target DB instance. Otherwise, the restore operation will fail to complete successfully.
The database account specified for the restore operation will become the owner of all restored databases.
Veeam Backup for AWS does not support restoring original database accounts, including their predefined roles and access privileges. Therefore, you will have to manually recreate these accounts on the restored databases and reassign their privileges after the restore process is complete.

By default, Veeam Backup for AWS restores each database with the same name as the original database. If a database with this name already exists in the production infrastructure, a default suffix is added to the database name automatically. You can also specify a new name for each restored database manually — to do that, select the database in the Database settings section and click Rename.