Creating an Option Group for SQL Server on RDS

  1. Sign In to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/
  2. Make sure you are in the region where the Target RDS is located:

  3. In the navigation pane, choose Option Groups

  4. Choose Create Group

  5. In the Create option group window, do the following:
    1. For Name, type a name for the option group that is Unique within your AWS account. The name can contain only letters, digits, and hyphens.
    2. For Description, type a brief description of the option group. The description is used for display purposes.
    3. For Engine, choose the DB engine that matches the target RDS SQL Instance
    4. For Major Engine Version, choose the major version that matches the target RDS SQL Instance

  6. To continue, choose Create