Replicating a Backup

Scenarios

RDS supports replication of automated and manual backups. Replicating a backup does not interrupt your workload.

Constraints

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

Backup Retention Policy

You can replicate an automated or manual backup to create a new manual backup. The new manual backup will be retained until you delete it.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Database > Relational Database Service.
4. On the Instances page, click the instance name to go to the Basic Information page. On the Backups & Restorations page, locate the backup to be replicated and click Replicate in the Operation column.

   Alternatively, choose Backups in the navigation pane on the left. On the displayed page, locate the backup to be replicated and click Replicate in the Operation column.

5. 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 letters (case-sensitive), digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).
   • The description consists of a maximum of 256 characters and cannot contain carriage return characters or the following special characters: >!<"&'=

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