Writing data from AWS RDS SQL Server to S3 bucket

Question

According to this: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/User.SQLServer.Options.S3-integration.html we should be able to write a file from RDS to S3. But when we try it fails with

blocked because RDS is a managed service with SLA and guard rails to help deliver it.

Anyone know a way around this?

Answer 1

Seems like running your task will interfere with SLA's, so it would be directly related to the Note mentioned in the link you shared:

Note: S3 integration tasks share the same queue as native backup and restore tasks. At maximum, you can have only two tasks in progress at any time in this queue. Therefore, two running native backup and restore tasks will block any S3 integration tasks.

There must be some automated backup activity going on when you run your task.