Downloading a Backup File

Scenarios

This section describes how to download a manual backup or an automated backup to a local device and restore data from the backup file.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
3. Click Service List. Under Database, click Relational Database Service. The RDS console is displayed.
4. On the Backup Management page, locate the target 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 displayed page, locate the target backup to be downloaded and click Download in the Operation column.

5. In the displayed dialog box, select a method to download backup data.
   

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

   • Use Download URL

     Click to copy the URL within the validity period to download backup data.

     For Microsoft SQL Server DB instances, the URLs of all the backup files are displayed. You can download the backup files of a specific database.

     • You can use other download tools to download backup data.
     • You can also run the wget command to download backup data.

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

       Variables in the commands are described 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 add -O in the wget command to rename the backup file name.

       DOWNLOAD_URL: indicates the path of the backup file to be downloaded.