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Restoring Data to the Original or Existing Instance

Function

This API is used to restore data to the original DB instance or an existing DB instance. Before calling this API:

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/instances/recovery

Table 1 Parameter description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition

Project ID of a tenant in a region.

To obtain the value, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can contain 32 characters. Only letters and digits are allowed.

Default Value

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Parameter description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

source

Yes

Object

Definition

Instance from which the backup was created. For details, see Table 3.

Constraints

N/A

target

Yes

Object

Definition

The instance to which the backup is restored. For details, see Table 4.

Constraints

N/A

Table 3 source field data structure description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

instance_id

Yes

String

Definition

Instance ID, which uniquely identifies an instance.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can contain 36 characters. Only letters and digits are allowed.

Default Value

N/A

type

Yes

String

Definition

Restoration mode.

Constraints

N/A

  • backup: Data is restored using backups. In this case, backup_id is mandatory.
  • timestamp: Data is restored using point-in-time recovery. In this case, restore_time is mandatory.

Default Value

backup

backup_id

No

String

Definition

Backup ID used for restoration. It indicates the ID of the full backup corresponding to schema_type. This parameter must be specified when backups are used for restoration.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

restore_time

No

String

Definition

Timestamp to which data is restored to using point-in-time recovery. You can query the available time range by calling the Querying the Restoration Time Range API.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Table 4 target field data structure description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

instance_id

Yes

String

Definition

ID of the DB instance which the backup will be restored to.

  • When restoring data to the original instance, enter the original instance ID.
  • When restoring data to an existing DB instance, enter the existing instance ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

job_id

String

Definition

Job ID.

Range

N/A

Example Request

Restoring data to the original or existing instance

POST https://gaussdb-opengauss.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com/opengauss/v3/0483b6b16e954cb88930a360d2c4e663/instances/recovery
{ 
   "source" : { 
     "instance_id" : "5362449138da4e408dbae5152ca26640in14", 
     "type" : "backup", 
     "backup_id" : "cc94568cb5a54e4a8ab5dff95e64a5e0br14"
   }, 
   "target" : { 
     "instance_id" : "5362449138da4e408dbae5152ca26640in14" 
   } 
 }

Example Response

Data restored to the original or existing instance.

{ 
  "job_id" : "a03b1b8a-b756-467c-8a49-38720c3d23ec" 
}

Status Codes

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.