Question

How to enable automated backups in RDS?

Answer 1

You can enable automated backups in RDS in below ways:

• Using RDS API

  You can use the RDS API ModifyDBInstance operation to enable automated backups in RDS with the following required parameters:
  • DBInstanceIdentifier
  • BackupRetentionPeriod

• From AWS Console

  • Sign in to the AWS and go to Amazon RDS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/.
  • Navigation pane -> Select databases -> Select DB instance that you want to modify.
  • Select Backup retention period -> Provide a nonzero positive value, like 5 days.
  • Choose Continue -> Choose Apply immediately.