diff --git a/cluster/etcd.go b/cluster/etcd.go
index 5e027335..51b19d03 100644
--- a/cluster/etcd.go
+++ b/cluster/etcd.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package cluster
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"regexp"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
@@ -16,10 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
-const (
-	BackupPrepareError = "failed to prepare backup: restoring S3 backups with no cluster level S3 configuration is not supported"
-)
-
 func (c *Cluster) SnapshotEtcd(ctx context.Context, snapshotName string) error {
 	backupImage := c.getBackupImage()
 	for _, host := range c.EtcdHosts {
@@ -62,7 +57,13 @@ func (c *Cluster) PrepareBackup(ctx context.Context, snapshotPath string) error
 	backupImage := c.getBackupImage()
 	var errors []error
 	if c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig == nil || // legacy rke local backup
-		(c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig != nil && IsLocalSnapshot(snapshotPath)) { // rancher local backup and snapshot name indicates a local snapshot
+		(c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig != nil && c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.S3BackupConfig == nil) { // rancher local backup
+		if c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig == nil {
+			log.Infof(ctx, "[etcd] No etcd snapshot configuration found, will use local as source")
+		}
+		if c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig != nil && c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.S3BackupConfig == nil {
+			log.Infof(ctx, "[etcd] etcd snapshot configuration found and no s3 backup configuration found, will use local as source")
+		}
 		// stop etcd on all etcd nodes, we need this because we start the backup server on the same port
 		for _, host := range c.EtcdHosts {
 			if err := docker.StopContainer(ctx, host.DClient, host.Address, services.EtcdContainerName); err != nil {
@@ -104,7 +105,8 @@ func (c *Cluster) PrepareBackup(ctx context.Context, snapshotPath string) error
 
 	// s3 backup case
 	if c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig != nil &&
-		c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.S3BackupConfig != nil && !IsLocalSnapshot(snapshotPath) {
+		c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.S3BackupConfig != nil {
+		log.Infof(ctx, "[etcd] etcd s3 backup configuration found, will use s3 as source")
 		for _, host := range c.EtcdHosts {
 			if err := services.DownloadEtcdSnapshotFromS3(ctx, host, c.PrivateRegistriesMap, backupImage, snapshotPath, c.Services.Etcd); err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -113,11 +115,6 @@ func (c *Cluster) PrepareBackup(ctx context.Context, snapshotPath string) error
 		backupReady = true
 	}
 	if !backupReady {
-		if !IsLocalSnapshot(snapshotPath) &&
-			c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig != nil &&
-			c.Services.Etcd.BackupConfig.S3BackupConfig == nil { // s3 backup with no s3 configuration!
-			return fmt.Errorf(BackupPrepareError)
-		}
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to prepare backup for restore")
 	}
 	// this applies to all cases!
@@ -179,16 +176,6 @@ func (c *Cluster) getBackupImage() string {
 		logrus.Errorf("[etcd] error getting backup image %v", err)
 		return ""
 	}
+	logrus.Debugf("[etcd] Image used for etcd snapshot is: [%s]", rkeToolsImage)
 	return rkeToolsImage
 }
-
-func IsLocalSnapshot(name string) bool {
-	// name is fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s%s-", cluster.Name, typeFlag, providerFlag)
-	// typeFlag = "r": recurring
-	// typeFlag = "m": manaul
-	//
-	// providerFlag = "l" local
-	// providerFlag = "s" s3
-	re := regexp.MustCompile("^c-[a-z0-9].*?-.l-")
-	return re.MatchString(name)
-}
diff --git a/services/etcd.go b/services/etcd.go
index 9ec43bcc..e6492691 100644
--- a/services/etcd.go
+++ b/services/etcd.go
@@ -378,7 +378,6 @@ func RunEtcdSnapshotSave(ctx context.Context, etcdHost *hosts.Host, prsMap map[s
 }
 
 func DownloadEtcdSnapshotFromS3(ctx context.Context, etcdHost *hosts.Host, prsMap map[string]v3.PrivateRegistry, etcdSnapshotImage string, name string, es v3.ETCDService) error {
-	log.Infof(ctx, "[etcd] Get snapshot [%s] on host [%s]", name, etcdHost.Address)
 	s3Backend := es.BackupConfig.S3BackupConfig
 	if len(s3Backend.Endpoint) == 0 || len(s3Backend.BucketName) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get snapshot [%s] from s3 on host [%s], invalid s3 configurations", name, etcdHost.Address)
@@ -399,13 +398,21 @@ func DownloadEtcdSnapshotFromS3(ctx context.Context, etcdHost *hosts.Host, prsMa
 		Image: etcdSnapshotImage,
 		Env:   es.ExtraEnv,
 	}
+	s3Logline := fmt.Sprintf("[etcd] Snapshot [%s] will be downloaded on host [%s] from S3 compatible backend at [%s] from bucket [%s] using accesskey [%s]", name, etcdHost.Address, s3Backend.Endpoint, s3Backend.BucketName, s3Backend.AccessKey)
+	if s3Backend.Region != "" {
+		s3Logline += fmt.Sprintf(" and using region [%s]", s3Backend.Region)
+	}
+
 	if s3Backend.CustomCA != "" {
 		caStr := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(s3Backend.CustomCA))
 		imageCfg.Cmd = append(imageCfg.Cmd, "--s3-endpoint-ca="+caStr)
+		s3Logline += fmt.Sprintf(" and using endpoint CA [%s]", caStr)
 	}
 	if s3Backend.Folder != "" {
 		imageCfg.Cmd = append(imageCfg.Cmd, "--s3-folder="+s3Backend.Folder)
+		s3Logline += fmt.Sprintf(" and using folder [%s]", s3Backend.Folder)
 	}
+	log.Infof(ctx, s3Logline)
 	hostCfg := &container.HostConfig{
 		Binds: []string{
 			fmt.Sprintf("%s:/backup:z", EtcdSnapshotPath),
@@ -610,7 +617,10 @@ func configS3BackupImgCmd(ctx context.Context, imageCfg *container.Config, bc *v
 			"--s3-bucketName=" + bc.S3BackupConfig.BucketName,
 			"--s3-region=" + bc.S3BackupConfig.Region,
 		}...)
-		s3Logline := fmt.Sprintf("[etcd] Snapshot will be uploaded to S3 compatible backend at [%s] in region [%s] to bucket [%s] using accesskey [%s]", bc.S3BackupConfig.Endpoint, bc.S3BackupConfig.Region, bc.S3BackupConfig.BucketName, bc.S3BackupConfig.AccessKey)
+		s3Logline := fmt.Sprintf("[etcd] Snapshots configured to S3 compatible backend at [%s] to bucket [%s] using accesskey [%s]", bc.S3BackupConfig.Endpoint, bc.S3BackupConfig.BucketName, bc.S3BackupConfig.AccessKey)
+		if bc.S3BackupConfig.Region != "" {
+			s3Logline += fmt.Sprintf(" and using region [%s]", bc.S3BackupConfig.Region)
+		}
 		if bc.S3BackupConfig.CustomCA != "" {
 			caStr := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(bc.S3BackupConfig.CustomCA))
 			cmd = append(cmd, "--s3-endpoint-ca="+caStr)