Restoring an Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Table to a Different Location (Out-of-Place)

You can restore an Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL database tables to a different location (out-of-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 database instance for which you want to restore the table, select Restore.

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

   Note

   For table restore, if you select a public or user-created schema within the database and then choose a table under that schema, only the schema selection takes precedence.

   The Backup content page appears.

3. Click Restore option.

   The Restore options dialog box opens.

4. Select Out of place option.

5. Under Restore type, select Cross Instance restore.

6. From the Destination Client list, select the destination server for the restore.

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

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

9. From the Define auxiliary database for table restores section, you can manually change the destination database name.

   Note

   The Define auxiliary database for table restores option is only available when you perform table level restore.

10. 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. Alternately, select the file icon on the right side to select a physical client from the Physical client selection list.

      • In the Post recovery command box, enter the name or path of the process to run after the restore. Alternately, select the file icon on the right side to select a physical client from the Physical client selection list.

      • 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.

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

12. 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.

13. Click Submit.