Amazon RDS for Db2 now supports cross-region automated backups for encrypted databases

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for Db2 now supports cross-region automated backups for encrypted databases, providing customers with an additional layer of data protection while safeguarding their mission critical Db2 workloads against regional outages.

Customers can now securely copy encrypted database snapshots to regions outside of their primary AWS region for improved disaster recovery. The feature can be enabled by simply turning on encryption for RDS for Db2 instances, and configuring backup replication to the desired AWS region.

To learn more about Amazon RDS for Db2 cross-region automated backups and the supported destination regions, visit the documentation page. Amazon RDS for Db2 makes it simple to set up, operate, and scale Db2 deployments in the cloud. See Amazon RDS for Db2 Pricing for up-to-date pricing of instances, storage, backup, data transfer, and regional availability.