RDSForcedMaintenance #
Meaning #
Alert is triggered when an AWS RDS maintenance operation will be forced by AWS.
Impact #
AWS RDS maintenance will be applied on next maintenance window
Instance will be unavailable during maintenance if multi-AZ is not enabled.
Diagnosis #
Check if multi-AZ is enabled to measure downtime impact
Check if RDS maintenance windows is relevant
Mitigation #
Adjust maintenance windows to match non business hours (AWS documentation) or apply maintenance manually (AWS documentation).