rds-copy-db-snapshot

Description

Creates a copy of all data and configuration associated with the specified DB Snapshot.

Syntax

rds-copy-db-snapshot SourceDBSnapshotIdentifier

-t (--target-db-snapshot-identifier) value [General Options]

Options

Name Description Required

Name	Description	Required
`SourceDBSnapshotIdentifier`	Source DB Snapshot identifier. This is the unique key that identifies an existing DB Snapshot to copy. This parameter can also be set using --source-db-snapshot-identifier `value` Type: String Default: None Constraints: Must be the identifer of an active DB Snapshot. Example: `--source-db-instance-identifier mydbsnapshot`	Yes
`-t` `value` `--target-db-snapshot-identifier` `value`	The identifier for the target DB Snapshot. Type: String Default: None Constraints: Cannot be null, empty, or blank. Cannot be a word reserved by the database engine. Must contain 1 to 255 alphanumeric characters or hyphens. First character must be a letter. Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens. Example: `-t my-copied-snapshot-id`	Yes

SourceDBSnapshotIdentifier

Source DB Snapshot identifier. This is the unique key that identifies an existing DB Snapshot to copy.

This parameter can also be set using --source-db-snapshot-identifier value

Type: String

Default: None

Constraints: Must be the identifer of an active DB Snapshot.

Example: --source-db-instance-identifier mydbsnapshot

Yes

-t value

--target-db-snapshot-identifier value

The identifier for the target DB Snapshot.

Type: String

Default: None

Constraints: Cannot be null, empty, or blank. Cannot be a word reserved by the database engine. Must contain 1 to 255 alphanumeric characters or hyphens. First character must be a letter. Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens.

Example: -t my-copied-snapshot-id

Yes

Output

The command returns the following information:

DBSnapshotId—Name of the DB Snapshot
Snapshot Created—The time (in 24 hour UTC) when the DB Snapshot was taken
DBInstanceId—User-supplied database identifier; this is the unique key that identifies a DB Instance
Instance Created—The date and time when the DB Instance was created
Engine—The name and version of the database engine used
Storage—The size of the DB Snapshot's allocated storage (GB)
Status—Status of the DB Snapshot. Valid values: creating | available | deleting
Master Username—The login name of the database's master user.
AZ—The original Availability Zone of the database from which the DB Snapshot was taken. This column appears only in the --show-long view
Port—The original port of the database from which the DB Snapshot was taken. This column appears only with the --show-long-view command option
Version—The database engine's version number.
License—TBD
Type—TBD
VpcId—TBD

Examples

Copy a Database Snapshot

This example copies a DB Snapshot.

PROMPT> rds-copy-db-snapshot -s rds:mydb-2012-01-15-00-01 -t snapshotdec01