Restoring an Amazon RDS for SQL Server Instance to the Same Amazon RDS for SQL Server Instance

You can restore an Amazon RDS for SQL Server instance to the same Amazon RDS for SQL Server instance. This is an in-place restore.

Before You Begin

If the space is limited on the RDS instance and you plan an in-place restore of a larger database, delete the existing database before submitting the restore job.

Procedure

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

   The Overview page appears.

2. On the Instances tab, click the instance.

   The instance properties page appears.

3. On the Overview tab, in the Recovery points section, choose the date and time for the backup you want to use, and then click RESTORE.

   The Backup content page appears.

4. Select the content to restore, and then click RESTORE.

   The Restore options dialog box appears.

5. Select In place.

   The Destination server and the Destination instance are populated with the information about the destination.

6. To specify pre or post commands, under Pre or Post options, which are under Advanced options, do the following:

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

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

   3. To run a post process for all restore operation attempts of a job phase, whether it is successful, interrupted, suspended, or when the job fails, select Run post restore process for all attempts.

   4. To specify the user to run the pre and post commands, move the Run as User toggle button to the right and type the user name and password.

7. To select a MediaAgent to use for the recovery, under Data path, from the Select MediaAgent list, select a MediaAgent server.

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.