Downloading a Full Backup File

Scenarios

This section describes how to download a manual or an automated backup for local storage.

RDS for MySQL allows you to download full backup files in .qp format.

Constraints

• If the size of the backup data is greater than 400 MB, you are advised to use OBS Browser+ to download the backup data.

Method 1: Using OBS Browser+

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 Backups page, locate the backup to be downloaded and click Download in the Operation column.

   Alternatively, click the target DB instance. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Backups & Restorations. On the Full Backups page, locate the backup to be downloaded and click Download in the Operation column.

4. In the displayed dialog box, select Use OBS Browser+ for Download Method and click OK.
   1. Download OBS Browser+.
   2. Decompress and install OBS Browser+.
   3. Log in to OBS Browser+.
   4. Add an external bucket.
   5. Download the backup file.

      On the OBS Browser+ page, click the bucket that you added. In the search box on the right of OBS Browser+, enter the backup file name provided in step 3 "Download the Backup File" on the RDS console. In the search result, locate the target backup and download it.

Method 2: Using Current Browser

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 Backups page, locate the backup to be downloaded and click Download in the Operation column.

   Alternatively, click the target DB instance. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Backups & Restorations. On the Full Backups page, locate the target backup to be downloaded and click Download in the Operation column.

4. In the displayed dialog box, select Use Current Browser for Download Method and click OK.

Method 3: Using Download URL

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 Backups page, locate the backup to be downloaded and click Download in the Operation column.

   Alternatively, click the target DB instance. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Backups & Restorations. On the Full Backups page, locate the target backup to be downloaded and click Download in the Operation column.

4. In the displayed dialog box, select Use Download URL for Download Method, click to copy the URL, and enter the URL in your browser.

   A valid URL for downloading the backup data is displayed.

   • You can use various download tools to download backup files.
   • You can also run the following command to download backup files:

     wget -O FILE_NAME --no-check-certificate "DOWNLOAD_URL"

     The parameters in the command are as follows:

     FILE_NAME: indicates the new backup file name after the download is successful. The original backup file name may be too long and exceed the maximum characters allowed by the client file system. You are advised to use the -O argument with wget to rename the backup file.

     DOWNLOAD_URL: indicates the location of the backup file to be downloaded. If the location contains special characters, escape is required.