Restoring a DB cluster to a specified time from a retained automated backup - Amazon Aurora
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Restoring a DB cluster to a specified time from a retained automated backup

You can restore a DB cluster from a retained automated backup after you delete the source DB cluster, if the backup is within the retention period of the source cluster. The process is similar to restoring a DB cluster from an automated backup.

Note

You can't restore an Aurora Serverless v1 DB cluster using this procedure, because automated backups for Aurora Serverless v1 clusters aren't retained.

To restore a DB cluster to a specified time

  1. Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/rds/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Automated backups.

  3. Choose the Retained tab.

    Retained automated backups

  4. Choose the DB cluster that you want to restore.

  5. For Actions, choose Restore to point in time.

    The Restore to point in time window appears.

  6. Choose Latest restorable time to restore to the latest possible time, or choose Custom to choose a time.

    If you chose Custom, enter the date and time to which you want to restore the cluster.

    Note

    Times are shown in your local time zone, which is indicated by an offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). For example, UTC-5 is Eastern Standard Time/Central Daylight Time.

  7. For DB cluster identifier, enter the name of the target restored DB cluster. The name must be unique.

  8. Choose other options as needed, such as DB instance class.

    For information about each setting, see Settings for Aurora DB clusters.

  9. Choose Restore to point in time.

To restore a DB cluster to a specified time, use the Amazon CLI command restore-db-cluster-to-point-in-time to create a new DB cluster.

You can specify other settings. For information about each setting, see Settings for Aurora DB clusters.

Resource tagging is supported for this operation. When you use the --tags option, the source DB cluster tags are ignored and the provided ones are used. Otherwise, the latest tags from the source cluster are used.

For Linux, macOS, or Unix:

aws rds restore-db-cluster-to-point-in-time \
    --source-db-cluster-resource-id cluster-123ABCEXAMPLE \
    --db-cluster-identifier mytargetdbcluster \
    --restore-to-time 2017-10-14T23:45:00.000Z

For Windows:

aws rds restore-db-cluster-to-point-in-time ^
    --source-db-cluster-resource-id cluster-123ABCEXAMPLE ^
    --db-cluster-identifier mytargetdbcluster ^
    --restore-to-time 2017-10-14T23:45:00.000Z
Important

If you use the console to restore a DB cluster to a specified time, then Amazon RDS automatically creates the primary instance (writer) for your DB cluster. If you use the Amazon CLI to restore a DB cluster to a specified time, you must explicitly create the primary instance for your DB cluster. The primary instance is the first instance that is created in a DB cluster.

To create the primary instance for your DB cluster, call the create-db-instance Amazon CLI command. Include the name of the DB cluster as the --db-cluster-identifier option value.

To restore a DB cluster to a specified time, call the Amazon RDS API RestoreDBClusterToPointInTime operation with the following parameters:

  • SourceDbClusterResourceId

  • DBClusterIdentifier

  • RestoreToTime

Important

If you use the console to restore a DB cluster to a specified time, then Amazon RDS automatically creates the primary instance (writer) for your DB cluster. If you use the RDS API to restore a DB cluster to a specified time, make sure to explicitly create the primary instance for your DB cluster. The primary instance is the first instance that is created in a DB cluster.

To create the primary instance for your DB cluster, call the RDS API operation CreateDBInstance. Include the name of the DB cluster as the DBClusterIdentifier parameter value.