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Restoring a DB Instance to a Specified Time

The Amazon RDS automated backup feature automatically creates a backup of your database. This backup occurs during a daily user-configurable 30 minute period known as the backup window. Automated backups are kept for a configurable number of days (called the backup retention period). You can restore your DB Instance to any specific time during this retention period, creating a new DB Instance.

[Note]Note

When you restore a DB Instance to a point in time, the default DB Security Group is applied to the new DB Instance. If you need custom DB Security groups applied to your DB Instance you must apply them explicitly using the AWS Management Console, ModifyDBInstance API, or the rds-modify-db-instance command line tool once the DB Instance is available.

When restoring a DB Instance that is using the Oracle DB Engine to a point in time, you can specify a different Oracle DB Engine, License Model, and DBName (SID) to be used by the new DB Instance.

In this example, you restore a database instance to a specified time, creating a new DB Instance.

[Note]Note

You can restore to any point in time during your backup retention period. To determine the latest restorable time for a DB Instance, use the rds-describe-db-instance command with the --show-long and --headers parameters and look at the value returned in the Latest Restorable Time column. The latest restorable time for a DB Instance is typically within 5 minutes of the current time.

AWS Management Console

To restore a DB Instance to a specified time

  1. Launch the AWS Management Console.

    1. Go to the AWS Management Console web page.

    2. Select Amazon RDS from the drop-down list under the Sign in to the AWS Console button, and then click the Sign in to the AWS Console button.

  2. Click DB Instances in the Navigation list on the left side of the window.

  3. Click the Restore To Point In Time button.

    The Restore DB Instance window appears.

  4. Click on the Use Custom Restore Time radio button.

  5. Enter the date and time that you wish to restore to in the Use Custom Restore Time text boxes.

  6. Type the name of the restored DB Instance in the DB Instance Identifier text box.

  7. Click the Launch DB Instance button.

CLI

To restore a DB Instance to a specified time

  • Use the command rds-restore-db-instance-to-point-in-time to create a new database instance.

    PROMPT>rds-restore-db-instance-to-point-in-time mytargetdbinstance -s mysourcedbinstance-db -r 2009-10-14T23:45:00.000Z

API

To restore a DB Instance to a specified time

  • Call RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime with the following parameters:

    • SourceDBInstanceIdentifier = mysourcedbinstance

    • TargetDBInstanceIdentifier = mytargetdbinstance

    • RestoreTime = 2009-10-14T23:45:00.000Z

    Example 

    https://rds.amazonaws.com/
	?Action=RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime
	&SourceDBInstanceIdentifier=mysourcedbinstance
	&TargetDBInstanceIdentifier=mytargetdbinstance
	&RestoreTime=2009-10-14T23:45:00.000Z
	&SignatureVersion=2
	&SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
	&Timestamp=2009-10-15T17%3A48%3A21.746Z
	&AWSAccessKeyId=<AWS Access Key ID>
	&Signature=<Signature>

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