Amazon RDS for MySQL

You can use the Commvault software to back up and restore Amazon RDS for MySQL.

Backups

Backups You Can Perform

• Full backups

When You Can Perform Backups

• On a schedule: The server plan that you assign manages scheduled backups

• On demand: You can perform on-demand backups at any time

Data You Can Back Up

• MySQL user databases (data)

Restores

Backups You Can Use for Restores

• The most recent backup: For example, restore the most recent backup to its original location

• A backup from a specific date: For example, restore data to a point in time before it became unusable

• Backups from a date range: For example, restore data that was accidentally deleted

Destinations You Can Restore To

• In-place: Restore data to the location from which it was backed up

• Out-of-place: Restore data to the following destinations:

  • Cross-cloud: You can restore MySQL databases from one cloud platform (such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud) to a different cloud platform.

  • An instance running in the same or a different cloud platform (such as Amazon, Google, Alibaba, Azure) across regions.

• An on-premises instance