Updated on 2024-03-07 GMT+08:00

Creating a Manual Backup

Function

This API is used to create a manual backup.

Constraints

  • Microsoft SQL Server supports batch calling of this API to create manual backups for one database.
  • Read replicas do not support manual backup creation.
  • The backup name must be unique.

URI

  • URI format

    POST https://{Endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/backups

  • Example

    https://rds.cn-north-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/0483b6b16e954cb88930a360d2c4e663/backups

  • Parameter description
    Table 1 Parameter description

    Name

    Mandatory

    Description

    project_id

    Yes

    Specifies the project ID of a tenant in a region.

    For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request

  • Parameter description
    Table 2 Parameter description

    Name

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    instance_id

    Yes

    String

    Specifies the DB instance ID.

    name

    Yes

    String

    Specifies the backup name. It must be 4 to 64 characters in length and start with a letter. It is case-sensitive and can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).

    The backup name must be unique.

    description

    No

    String

    Specifies the backup description. It contains a maximum of 256 characters and cannot contain the following special characters: >!<"&'=

  • Request example
    Creating a manual backup for a MySQL or PostgreSQL DB instance:
    {
    	"instance_id": "d8e6ca5a624745bcb546a227aa3ae1cfin01",
    	"name": "backup",
    	"description": "manual backup"
    }

Response

  • Normal response
    Table 3 Parameter description

    Name

    Type

    Description

    backup

    Object

    Indicates the backup information.

    For details, see Table 4.

    Table 4 backup field data structure description

    Name

    Type

    Description

    id

    String

    Indicates the backup ID.

    instance_id

    String

    Indicates the DB instance ID.

    name

    String

    Indicates the backup name.

    description

    String

    Indicates the backup description.

    begin_time

    String

    Indicates the backup start time in the "yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ" format, where "T" indicates the start time of the time field, and "Z" indicates the time zone offset.

    status

    String

    Indicates the backup status. Value:

    • BUILDING: Backup in progress
    • COMPLETED: Backup completed
    • FAILED: Backup failed
    • DELETING: Backup being deleted

    type

    String

    Indicates the backup type. Value:

    • auto: automated full backup
    • manual: manual full backup
    • fragment: differential full backup
    • incremental: automated incremental backup
  • Example normal response
    Creating a manual backup for a MySQL or PostgreSQL DB instance:
    {
    	"backup": {
    		"id": "2f4ddb93-b901-4b08-93d8-1d2e472f30fe",
    		"name": "backupDemo",
    		"description": "This is a description",
    		"begin_time": "2016-09-12T01:17:05",
    		"status": "BUILDING",
    		"type": "manual",
    		"instance_id": "d8e6ca5a624745bcb546a227aa3ae1cfin01"
    	}
    }
  • Abnormal response

    For details, see Abnormal Request Results.

Status Code

For details, see Status Codes.

Error Code

For details, see Error Codes.