<p>This article describes how to perform manual backup.</p> <p><strong>Prerequisites</strong></p> <p>You have successfully created an instance. For more information, see <a href="http://pinganyun.com/ssr/help/database/RDS/User_Guide_RDS_MySQL.Instance_Management.Create_Instance.Create_Common_Instance" target="_blank">Create a General Instance</a>.</p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Usage Guidelines</strong></span></p> <p>Only general instances support automatic backup.</p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Procedures</strong></span></p> <ol> <li>Log in to the <a href="http://pinganyun.com/console/rds/overview" target="_blank">RDS Console</a>.</li> <li>In the left navigation pane, click <strong>RDS-MySQL</strong> to enter the <strong>DBPaaS for RDS-MySQL</strong> page.</li> <li>Select the target region.</li> <li>In the <strong>Operations </strong>column of the target instance, click <strong>Manage</strong>. Select <strong>Backup</strong> tab.</li> <li>On the <strong>Information</strong> tab, click <strong>Backup Instance</strong> in the upper-right corner to manually back up data and logs of the database.</li> </ol> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Result</strong></span></p> <p>1.&nbsp; On the <strong>Information</strong> tab, you can view the <strong>Status</strong> of the just performed manual backup is <strong>Backuping</strong>.</p> <p><img src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200307174747-1ffef33d91de.png" style="height:157px; width:830px" /></p> <p>2.&nbsp; When the <strong>Status</strong> is <strong>Backup Succeeded</strong>, it means that the manual backup is completed.</p> <p><img src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200307174754-1068ef4591a8.png" style="height:157px; width:830px" /></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Subsequent Procedures</strong></span></p> <p>&bull;&nbsp; On the <strong>Backup</strong> tab, select <strong>Information</strong> to view all backup records.</p> <p>&bull;&nbsp; You can search backup data by time.</p> <p><img src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200307174926-1fd9daba9c9c.png" style="height:41px; width:830px" /></p> <p>&bull;&nbsp; You can select to restore the target manual backup record. For more information, see <a href="http://pinganyun.com/ssr/help/database/RDS/User_Guide_RDS_MySQL.Backup_and_Restore.Restore" target="_blank">Restore Backup</a>.</p>