AWSEC2VssRestorePolicy
Description: Grants Amazon EC2 and AWS SSM permissions to restore SQL Server database from application consistent snapshots created by AWS VSS.
AWSEC2VssRestorePolicy is an AWS managed policy.
Using this policy
You can attach AWSEC2VssRestorePolicy to your users, groups, and roles.
Policy details
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Type: AWS managed policy
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Creation time: March 25, 2026, 23:12 UTC
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Edited time: March 25, 2026, 23:12 UTC
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ARN:
arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSEC2VssRestorePolicy
Policy version
Policy version: v1 (default)
The policy's default version is the version that defines the permissions for the policy. When a user or role with the policy makes a request to access an AWS resource, AWS checks the default version of the policy to determine whether to allow the request.
JSON policy document
{ "Version" : "2012-10-17", "Statement" : [ { "Sid" : "CreateVolumeAccessVolume", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : "ec2:CreateVolume", "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*", "Condition" : { "StringLike" : { "aws:RequestTag/AwsVssConfig" : "*" }, "ArnLike" : { "ec2:ParentSnapshot" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:snapshot/*" } } }, { "Sid" : "CreateVolumeAccessSnapshot", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : "ec2:CreateVolume", "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:snapshot/*", "Condition" : { "StringLike" : { "ec2:ResourceTag/AwsVssConfig" : "*" } } }, { "Sid" : "CreateVolumeWithTagging", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : "ec2:CreateTags", "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*", "Condition" : { "StringEquals" : { "ec2:CreateAction" : "CreateVolume" } } }, { "Sid" : "AttachVolumeAccessVolume", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : "ec2:AttachVolume", "Resource" : "*", "Condition" : { "StringLike" : { "ec2:ResourceTag/AwsVssConfig" : "*" } } }, { "Sid" : "AttachVolumeAccessInstance", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : "ec2:AttachVolume", "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*" }, { "Sid" : "DescribeVolumes", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : "ec2:DescribeVolumes", "Resource" : "*" }, { "Sid" : "DescribeSnapshots", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : "ec2:DescribeSnapshots", "Resource" : "*" }, { "Sid" : "DescribeInstanceAttribute", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : "ec2:DescribeInstanceAttribute", "Resource" : "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*" }, { "Sid" : "SsmAutomationRead", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation", "ssm:ListCommandInvocations", "ssm:ListCommands" ], "Resource" : "*" }, { "Sid" : "SsmRunCommand", "Effect" : "Allow", "Action" : [ "ssm:SendCommand", "ssm:GetDocument" ], "Resource" : [ "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:instance/*", "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWS-ConfigureAWSPackage", "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWSEC2-PrepareVssRestore", "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:document/AWSEC2-RunVssRestoreForSqlDatabase" ] } ] }