You can restore an Amazon RDS instance to the same AWS cloud account or to a different AWS cloud account. You can restore to a selected target availability zone and change the node type of the instance during the restore.
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Restoring an Amazon RDS instance to a different cloud account is supported using STS Assume role based authentication or access keys for the target account.
Before You Begin
If you want to restore the instance to a different cloud account, obtain the AWS KMS key ARN for encrypting the database in the new account.
Procedure
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From the navigation pane, go to Protect > Databases.
The Instances page appears.
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On the Instances tab, from the View list beside Instances, select Cloud DB.
The Instances page for cloud databases appears.
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In the Actions column for the instance, click the action button
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Select the backup to restore:
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To restore the most recent backup, in the upper-right corner of the page, select Show latest backup.
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To restore a backup from a specific date and time, in the upper-right corner of the page, select Show backup as of a specific date, and then select the backup.
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To restore a backup from a date range, in the upper-right corner of the page, select Show backup for a date range, and then select the backup.
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To restore a snapshot, click the region, and then select the snapshot that you want to restore.
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Click Restore.
The Restore options dialog box appears.
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To restore the instance to a different cloud account, from the Cloud account list, select the cloud account.
The cloud account that is displayed when the dialog box first appears is the account that owns the backup.
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In the Database identifier box, enter a name for the instance that will be created from the snapshot.
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To make the instance accessible from the public internet, move the Public accessibility toggle key to the right.
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To specify the availability zone (AZ) that you want to deploy the standby instance to, in the Advanced section, do one of the following:
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To deploy to multiple availability zones, move the Multi-AZ deployment toggle key to the right.
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To select the availability zone, from the Target availability zone list, select the availability zone that you want to create the instance in.
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In the Port box, enter the port number.
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To define which subnets and IP ranges the cluster or instance can use in the Amazon virtual private cloud (VPC), in the VPC security group IDs box, enter the names of the security group ID.
You can add multiple security groups, separated by commas. For example, you can enter "sg-1122,sg-3344".
For a cross-region replication and restore, if you don't want to use the default value, you must enter the security group ID.
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Click Submit.