Help Center/ Relational Database Service_RDS for PostgreSQL/ User Guide/ Data Backups/ Instance-Level Backups/ Creating a Manual Backup
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Creating a Manual Backup

Scenarios

RDS allows you to create manual backups for a running primary DB instance. You can use these backups to restore data.

Constraints

  • When you delete a DB instance, its automated backups are also deleted but its manual backups are retained.
  • You can create manual backups only when your account balance is no less than $0 USD.
  • The backup name must be unique.

Billing

Table 1 Billing

Category

Billing

CBR snapshot backup not enabled (physical backups by default)

Backups are saved as packages in OBS buckets. For the billing details, see How Is RDS for PostgreSQL Backup Data Billed?

After a DB instance is deleted, the free backup space of the DB instance is automatically canceled. Manual backups are billed based on the space required. For details, see Product Pricing Details.

CBR snapshot backup enabled

If CBR is enabled, CBR snapshots are billed as follows:

  • For snapshots created before September 2025: No backup space is provided for free. You are billed for database server backup vaults in CBR on a pay-per-use basis. For details, see How Is CBR Billed?
  • For snapshots created in September 2025 and later: RDS provides free snapshot backup space. After the free space is used up, you are billed for CBR snapshots in RDS on a pay-per-use basis. For details, see RDS Pricing Details.

Method 1

  1. Log in to the RDS console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region.
  3. On the Instances page, locate the target DB instance and choose More > Create Backup in the Operation column.
  4. In the displayed dialog box, enter a backup name and description. Then, click OK.

    • The backup name must consist of 4 to 64 characters and start with a letter. It can contain only uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).
    • The description consists of a maximum of 256 characters and cannot contain carriage return characters or the following special characters: >!<"&'=
    • The time required for creating a manual backup depends on the amount of data.

    To check whether the backup has been created, you can click in the upper right corner of the page to check the DB instance status. If the DB instance status becomes Available from Backing up, the backup has been created.

  5. After a manual backup is created, you can view and manage it on the Backups page.

    Alternatively, click the target DB instance. On the Backups & Restorations page, you can view and manage the manual backups.

Method 2

  1. Log in to the RDS console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region.
  3. On the Instances page, click the target DB instance.
  4. On the Backups & Restorations page, click Create Backup. In the displayed dialog box, enter a 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: >!<"&'=
    • The time required for creating a manual backup depends on the amount of data.

  5. After a manual backup is created, you can view and manage it on the Backups page.

    Alternatively, click the target DB instance. On the Backups & Restorations page, you can view and manage the manual backups.

Parent Topic: Instance-Level Backups