title: How to Export/Backup DB from SQL Server on Amazon RDS
body: <p>I have a SQL Server database on Amazon RDS. How can I export or Backup the database? when I try to I get an error:</p>
  
  <p>An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch.
  (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
  The EXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'xp_fixeddrives', database 'mssqlsystemresource', schema 'sys'.</p>
  
  <p>What I'm basically trying to do is to export the database and then import it on to Amazon EC2 on EBS.</p>
  
  <p>Haven't been able to find solution for past 2 or 3 days.</p>
  
  <p>Please help!!!! :)</p>