# Restoring a Database Group for Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL

You can browse and restore database groups for Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL.

## Procedure

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Databases.

   The Instances page appears.

2. Click the instance.

   The instance page appears.

3. Under Database groups, for the database group that you want to restore, click the action button , and then click Restore.

   The Backup content page appears.

4. Select the databases that you want to restore, and then click Restore.

   The Restore options dialog box appears.

5. Follow the steps for the type of restore operation you want to run:

   - To run an in-place restore operation, on the In place tab, select a staging location.

     For an in-place restore operation, the destination client and the destination instance are the same as the source client and the source instance.

   - To run an out-of-place restore operation, on the Out of place tab, select the destination client and the destination instance.

6. You can configure a schedule to repeat this restore operation. To create a schedule, do the following:

   1. Click Schedule.

      The Add schedule dialog box appears.

   2. In the Name box, type a name for the schedule.

   3. Configure the Frequency and Repeat parameters.

   4. To specify exceptions to the schedule, click Exceptions.

      The Exceptions dialog box appears.

   5. Configure the exception parameters:

      - You can click Add Exception to save a set of exception parameters and continue adding sets of exception parameters.

      - Click Save when you have finished configuring the exception parameters.

   6. Under the Range of recurrence section, specify the Start date and End date to schedule the recurrence range of the restore operation.

   7. To save the schedule and return to the restore dialog box, click Schedule.

7. Click Submit.

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