Checking and Exporting Backup Information

Scenarios

You can export backup information of RDS DB instances to an Excel file for further analysis. The exported information includes the DB instance name, backup start and end time, backup status, and backup size.

For details about how to export backup data, see Downloading a Full Backup File and Downloading a Binlog Backup File.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region.
3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Relational Database Service.
4. In the navigation pane, choose Backups. On the displayed page, select the backups you want to export and click Export to export backup information.
   • Only the backup information displayed on the current page can be exported. The backup information displayed on other pages cannot be exported.
   • The backup information is exported to an Excel file for your further analysis.
   Figure 1 RDS for MySQL backup information
   

5. View the exported backup information.