# Backing up and restoring an Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle DB instance
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**Note**  
End of support notice: On March 31, 2027, Amazon will end support for Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle. After March 31, 2027, you will no longer be able to access the RDS Custom for Oracle console or RDS Custom for Oracle resources. For more information, see [RDS Custom for Oracle end of support](RDS-Custom-for-Oracle-end-of-support.md).

Like Amazon RDS, RDS Custom creates and saves automated backups of your RDS Custom for Oracle DB instance during the backup window of your DB instance. You can also back up your DB instance manually. 

The procedure is identical to taking a snapshot of an Amazon RDS DB instance. The first snapshot of an RDS Custom DB instance contains the data for the full DB instance. Subsequent snapshots are incremental.

Restore DB snapshots using either the Amazon Web Services Management Console or the Amazon CLI.

**Topics**
+ [Creating an RDS Custom for Oracle snapshot](custom-backup.creating.md)
+ [Restoring from an RDS Custom for Oracle DB snapshot](custom-backup.restoring.md)
+ [Restoring an RDS Custom for Oracle instance to a point in time](custom-backup.pitr.md)
+ [Deleting an RDS Custom for Oracle snapshot](custom-backup.deleting.md)
+ [Deleting RDS Custom for Oracle automated backups](custom-backup.deleting-backups.md)