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

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

6. Under Pre or Post options, complete the following:

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

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

7. To send a notification email when the restore job completes, select the When the job completes, notify me via email.

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.