Function

This API is used to create a manual backup.

• Before calling an API, you need to understand the API in Authentication.
• Before calling this API, obtain the required region and endpoint.

Constraints

• Microsoft SQL Server supports batch calling of this API to create manual backups for one database.

• Read replicas do not support manual backup creation.
• The backup name must be unique.

URI

• URI format

  POST https://{Endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/backups

• Example

  https://rds.cn-north-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/0483b6b16e954cb88930a360d2c4e663/backups

• Parameter description

  Table 1 Parameter description

  Name	Mandatory	Description
  project_id	Yes	Specifies the project ID of a tenant in a region. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request

• Parameter description

  Table 2 Parameter description

  Name	Mandatory	Type	Description
  instance_id	Yes	String	Specifies the DB instance ID.
  name	Yes	String	Specifies the backup name. It must be 4 to 64 characters in length and start with a letter. It is case-sensitive and can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_). The backup name must be unique.
  description	No	String	Specifies the backup description. It contains a maximum of 256 characters and cannot contain the following special characters: >!<"&'=
  databases	No	Array of objects	Specifies a list of self-built Microsoft SQL Server databases that are partially backed up. (Only Microsoft SQL Server support partial backups.) For details, see Table 3.

  Table 3 databases field data structure description

  Name	Mandatory	Type	Description
  name	Yes	String	Specifies the names of self-built databases.

• Request example
  Creating a manual backup for a MySQL or PostgreSQL DB instance:

  {
  	"instance_id": "d8e6ca5a624745bcb546a227aa3ae1cfin01",
  	"name": "backup",
  	"description": "manual backup"
  }

  Creating a manual backup for a Microsoft SQL Server DB instance:

  {
  	"instance_id": "d8e6ca5a624745bcb546a227aa3ae1cfin04",
  	"name": "backup",
  	"description": "manual backup",
  	"databases": [{
  		"name": "db1"
  	}, {
  		"name": "db2"
  	}]
  }

Response

• Normal response

  Table 4 Parameter description

  Name	Type	Description
  backup	Object	Indicates the backup information. For details, see Table 5.

  Table 5 backup field data structure description

  Name	Type	Description
  id	String	Indicates the backup ID.
  instance_id	String	Indicates the DB instance ID.
  name	String	Indicates the backup name.
  description	String	Indicates the backup description.
  databases	Array of objects	Indicates a list of self-built Microsoft SQL Server databases that are partially backed up. (Only Microsoft SQL Server support partial backups.) For details, see Table 3.
  begin_time	String	Indicates the backup start time in the "yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ" format, where "T" indicates the start time of the time field, and "Z" indicates the time zone offset.
  status	String	Indicates the backup status. Value: BUILDING: Backup in progress COMPLETED: Backup completed FAILED: Backup failed DELETING: Backup being deleted
  type	String	Indicates the backup type. Value: auto: automated full backup manual: manual full backup fragment: differential full backup incremental: automated incremental backup

• Example normal response
  Creating a manual backup for a MySQL or PostgreSQL DB instance:

  {
  	"backup": {
  		"id": "2f4ddb93-b901-4b08-93d8-1d2e472f30fe",
  		"name": "backupDemo",
  		"description": "This is a description",
  		"begin_time": "2016-09-12T01:17:05",
  		"status": "BUILDING",
  		"type": "manual",
  		"instance_id": "d8e6ca5a624745bcb546a227aa3ae1cfin01"
  	}
  }

  Creating a manual backup for a Microsoft SQL Server DB instance:

  {
  	"backup": {
  		"id": "2f4ddb93-b901-4b08-93d8-1d2e472f30fe",
  		"name": "backupDemo",
  		"description": "This is a description",
  		"begin_time": "2016-09-12T01:17:05",
  		"status": "BUILDING",
  		"type": "manual",
  		"instance_id": "d8e6ca5a624745bcb546a227aa3ae1cfin01",
  		"databases": [{
  			"name": "db1"
  		}]
  	}
  }

• Abnormal response

  For details, see Abnormal Request Results.

Status Code

For details, see Status Codes.

Error Code

For details, see Error Codes.