AWS RDS Snapshots

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_CreateSnapshot.html

• aws rds create-db-snapshot
• aws rds create-db-cluster-snapshot
• aws rds copy-db-cluster-snapshot
• aws rds copy-db-snapshot
• aws rds describe-db-cluster-snapshots
• aws rds restore-db-instance-from-db-snapshot
• aws rds restore-db-cluster-from-snapshot
• aws rds delete-db-snapshot

Terraform

• aws_db_cluster_snapshot
• aws_db_snapshot
• aws_db_snapshot_copy

Manual snapshots aren't subject to the backup retention period. Snapshots don't expire.

Activities

• Read https://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=votes&q=%5bamazon-rds%5d%20snapshot
• Read https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_RestoreFromSnapshot.html

Related

• AWS DMS
• Amazon RDS Backup and Restore
• AWS RDS parameter groups
• AWS RDS storage

See also

• AWS RDS Snapshots: aws rds [ create-db-snapshot | create-db-cluster-snapshot | describe-db-cluster-snapshots | restore-db-instance-from-db-snapshot | delete-db-snapshot ]