Restoring an Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Instance to a Current Location (In-Place)

You can restore an Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Instance to its current location (in-place). The instance restore is performed from the DumpBased backup set.

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

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. Click Restore.

   The Restore options dialog box opens.

4. Select In place option.

5. The information for Destination server and Destination instance is available by default.

6. In the Number of streams box, enter the number of data streams that you want to use for backups.

7. Under Advanced options section, perform the following actions:

   • Under the 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.

     • 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.

   • Under the Data path, do the following:

     • From the Server name drop-down list, select a media agent server name.

8. To send a notification email when the restore job completes, select the Notify user on job completion.

9. 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.

10. Click Submit.