Create the Option group

On the Amazon RDS side panel, open the Option groups page and click the Create group button, configuring it as follows:

Option Value
Name sqlserver-enable-restore
Description Enables SQL Server backup restore
Engine sqlserver-ex
Major Engine Version 15.00

Click the Create button to finish creating the group. Open the newly created option group and in the Options section click the Add option button.

Add option to group

Configure the option to have the following values:

Option Value
Option name SQLSERVER_BACKUP_RESTORE
IAM Role Create a new role
IAM Role Name rds-restore-backup-role
S3 bucket Select a bucket where you will upload the backup file
Scheduling Immediately

Finish by using the Add option button to finish adding the option to the group.

You will see the following message:

Option successfully added