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 RDS Database 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 RDS resources 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 RDS resources.

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 RDS 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 RDS Database Restore wizard. To do that, click Add and complete the Add IAM Role wizard.

Specifying AWS Account

To specify an AWS account to be used for the restore operation, select the Organization account option. By default, Veeam Backup for AWS automatically chooses the AWS account to which the source RDS resources belong and the organization identity that contains the account. You can also choose an account and identity manually:

1. From the Organization drop-down list, choose the necessary organization identity — either an entire AWS Organization or a scope of organizational units.

For an organization or a scope of organizational units to be displayed in the list of available identities, it must be added to Veeam Backup for AWS as described in section Managing AWS Organizations.

2. From the Account drop-down list, choose an account that contains the IAM role whose permissions will be used to perform the restore operation. The role must be specified in the settings of the selected organization identity, as described in section Adding AWS Organizations (step 3).

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 specified one-time access keys must belong to an AWS account to which you plan to restore RDS databases.