We're now going to show you how to make a one-off snapshot of your database. You might opt to do this if you have a specific requirement around keeping a point-in-time backup of your DB. You might also want to take a snapshot to create a new working copy of your dataset.
Creating a one-time RDS database backup
Getting ready
To proceed, you're going to need the following:
- The identifier for the RDS instance you wish to back up
- A unique identifier that you'd like to assign to this snapshot
The snapshot identifier has some constraints:
- It needs to start with a letter.
- It must not be longer than 255 characters.
If your primary database isn't running in a multi-AZ configuration, then be aware that creating...
