Step 4. Choose Restore Mode

At the Restore Mode step of the wizard, choose whether you want to restore the selected RDS resources to the original or to a custom location. If you select the Restore to new location, or with different settings option, specify the target AWS Region where the restored DB instances and Aurora DB clusters will operate.

Limitations and Requirements

Before you choose the restore mode, consider the following limitations:

Restore of RDS resources to the original location is not supported if the IAM role specified for the restore operation belongs to an AWS account that differs from the AWS account to which the source resources belong.
Restore of RDS resources to the original location is not supported if deletion protection is enabled for the source resource.
When restoring Aurora global databases, Veeam Backup for AWS restores only primary Aurora DB clusters in the primary AWS Regions; secondary clusters must be created manually in the AWS Management Console after the restore operation completes.

For more information on Amazon Aurora global databases, see AWS Documentation.

While restoring to a new location, Veeam Backup for AWS creates only primary DB instances in the restored clusters. Aurora Replicas for Aurora DB clusters with single-master replication must be added manually in the AWS Management Console after the restore operation completes.

To learn how to add DB instances to Amazon Aurora DB clusters, see AWS Documentation.