Perform a manual backup

Prerequisites

The AliyunServiceRoleForDBS service-linked role is created by using your Alibaba Cloud account if you use the backup feature of ApsaraDB RDS for the first time. For more information, see How do I create a service-linked role for Data Disaster Recovery?

Billing rules

A free quota on backup storage is provided for your RDS instance. If the total size of the backup files of your RDS instance does not exceed the free quota, no backup fees are generated. If the total size exceeds the free quota, you are charged for the excess backup storage that you use. For more information about the free quota and billing rules, see Backup storage fees.

Usage notes

Start a manual backup task

1. Log on to the ApsaraDB RDS console and go to the Instances page. In the top navigation bar, select the region in which the RDS instance resides. Then, find the RDS instance and click the instance ID.

2. In the upper-right corner of the page that appears, click Backup Instance.

3. In the Backup Instance dialog box, select a backup policy to back up specific databases and tables or back up all databases. Then, click OK.

   Note

   For more information about the difference between backup policies, see Logical backup, physical backup, and snapshot.

   Instance category	Backup of all databases	Backup of specified databases

   Instance category	Backup of all databases	Backup of specified databases
   RDS instances that use local disks	Use one of the following backup methods: Select Physical Backup from the Select Backup Mode drop-down list. The speeds of physical backup and restoration are faster than the speeds of logical backup and restoration. Select Logical Backup from the Select Backup Mode drop-down list. Then, set the Backup Policy parameter to Instance Backup.	Select Logical Backup from the Select Backup Mode drop-down list. Then, set the Backup Policy parameter to Single-Database Backup.
   RDS instances that use cloud disks	Select Snapshot Backup from the Select Backup Mode drop-down list.	Not supported.

View the progress of a backup task

Related operations

• After the backup task is complete, you can download the backup file on the Base Backups tab of the Backup and Restoration page. For more information, see Download backup files.

• You can also call the CreateBackup operation to create a backup set.

• For more information about data backups and data restoration methods, see Methods of backing up and restoring an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance and Overview of data restoration methods.