AWS AmazonRDS medium security documentation change
Summary
Removed SQL Server-specific OS update methods and notes, added SQL Server to OS update coverage list, removed event-specific guidance
Security assessment
The change adds SQL Server to the list of engines receiving security-related OS updates ('improve customers' overall security posture'). The removed content appears to deprecate older update methods without security context. The security documentation addition is explicit in the modified paragraph.
Diff
diff --git a/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_UpgradeDBInstance.Maintenance.md b/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_UpgradeDBInstance.Maintenance.md index a87455b6e..16d2e4847 100644 --- a/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_UpgradeDBInstance.Maintenance.md +++ b/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_UpgradeDBInstance.Maintenance.md @@ -149,11 +148,0 @@ If your DB instance runs RDS for MySQL, RDS for PostgreSQL, or RDS for MariaDB, -If your DB instance runs RDS for SQL Server in a Multi-AZ deployment, you can apply an update to the underlying operating system by using one of the following methods: - - * Modify the DB instance class to a different size and then modify it back to the original size. - - * Scale up the DB instance size and the scale back down to the original size. - - * Modify the DB instance from Multi-AZ to Single-AZ, stop and start the DB instance, and then change the instance back to Multi-AZ. - - - - @@ -291,4 +279,0 @@ With Amazon RDS, you can choose when to apply maintenance operations. You can de -###### Note - -For RDS for SQL Server, an update to the underlying operating system can be applied by stopping and starting your DB instance, or by scaling your DB instance class up and then down again. - @@ -393 +378 @@ To return a list of resources that have at least one pending update, call the Am -RDS for Db2, RDS for MariaDB, RDS for MySQL, RDS for PostgreSQL, and RDS for Oracle DB instances occasionally require operating system updates. Amazon RDS upgrades the operating system to a newer version to improve database performance and customers’ overall security posture. Typically, the updates take about 10 minutes. Operating system updates don't change the DB engine version or DB instance class of a DB instance. +RDS for Db2, RDS for MariaDB, RDS for MySQL, RDS for PostgreSQL, RDS for SQL Server, and RDS for Oracle DB instances occasionally require operating system updates. Amazon RDS upgrades the operating system to a newer version to improve database performance and customers’ overall security posture. Typically, the updates take about 10 minutes. Operating system updates don't change the DB engine version or DB instance class of a DB instance. @@ -405,4 +389,0 @@ To be notified when a new, optional operating system patch becomes available, yo -###### Note - -If you received `RDS-EVENT-0230` for an RDS for SQL Server DB instance, the OS update can't be applied using the `apply-pending-maintenance` action. For more information, see Applying updates to a DB instance. -