Replicating a Backup

Scenarios

RDS supports replication of automated and manual backups.

Constraints

You can replicate backups and use them only within the same region.

Backup Retention Policy

• If a DB instance is deleted, the automated backups created for it are also deleted.
• If an automated backup policy is enabled, the automated backups will be deleted after the backup retention period expires.
• RDS will delete automated backups when they expire or the DB instance for which the backups are created is deleted.
• If you want to retain the automated backups for a long time, you can replicate them to generate manual backups, which will be always retained until you delete them.
• If the storage occupied by manual backups exceeds the provisioned free backup storage, additional storage costs may incur.
• Replicating a backup does not interrupt your services.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Relational Database Service.
3. On the Instances page, click the instance name to go to the Overview page. In the navigation tree, choose Backups & Restorations, locate the backup to be replicated, and click Replicate in the Operation column.
4. In the displayed dialog box, enter a new backup name and description and click OK.
   • The backup name must consist of 4 to 64 characters and start with a letter. It can contain only uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).
   • The description consists of a maximum of 256 characters and cannot contain carriage return characters or the following special characters: >!<"&'=

5. After the new backup has been created, you can view and manage it on the Backups page.