Restoring Amazon RDS for MySQL to a Different Location (Out-of-place)

You can restore an Amazon RDS for MySQL database to a different location (out-of-place).

To recover only the data, perform the restore by using a full backup.

Prerequisites

Before initiating the out-of-place restores, create the destination instance and start the destination server.

Procedure

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

   The database Overview tab appears.

2. On the Instances tab, from the Actions row of the instance you want to restore, select Restore.

   Alternatively, click the instance you want to restore, and then click Restore from the Recovery points tile.

   The Backup content page appears.

3. Under Restore type, select one of the following restore types:

   • Cross Instance restore

   • Restore to disk

4. When you select Cross instance restore, do the following:

   1. From the Destination Server list, select the destination server for the restore.

   2. From the Destination instance list, select the destination instance for the restore.

5. If you select Restore to Disk, do the following:

   1. From the Destination client list, select the destination client for the restore.

   2. In the Destination folder box, enter the destination path for restore or use the folder icon to select a path.

6. In Advanced options section, do the following:

   1. Under Pre or Post options, do the following:

      • In the Pre recovery command box, enter the name or path of the process to run before the restore.

      • In the Post recovery command box, enter the name or path of the process to run after the restore.

      • Select Run post restore process for all attempts to run post-restore process after each restore attempt.

      • If you want to initiate the restore as user, move the Run as User toggle button to right.

        • In the User name box, enter a user name you want to run the restore with.

   2. In Data path section, from the Select Mediaagent list, select a MediaAgent name.

7. Select the Notify user on job completion to send a notification email when the restore job completes.

8. 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.

9. Click Submit.