Automated Backups
Reviewing your Instance’s Automatic Backups
Let’s start by looking at the backups of the database you have created. A full database backup is taken immediately following database creation.
Open the Amazon RDS Console Click on rdspg-fcj-labs or the instance name you specified to reveal its details. Then select the Maintenance & backups tab.
Scroll down to the automated backup section and review the details. Note the backup window for the database and the latest possible restore time. Look at the available snapshots for the database. An automated snapshot from that initial database backup also appears.
(OPTIONAL) AWS CLI
Alternatively you can view the instance’s backups using the AWS CLI as shown below:
AWS CLI
AWSREGION=`aws configure get region`
# List the automated backups for the instance
aws rds describe-db-instance-automated-backups \
--db-instance-identifier rdspg-fcj-labs \
--region $AWSREGION
# List the snapshots for the instance
aws rds describe-db-snapshots \
--db-instance-identifier rdspg-fcj-labs \
--region $AWSREGION
# Check the Latest Restorable Time (LRT) of the instance
aws rds describe-db-instances \
--db-instance-identifier rdspg-fcj-labs \
--query 'DBInstances[].LatestRestorableTime' \
--region $AWSREGION \
--output text