Downloading a Backup File¶
Scenarios¶
This section describes how to download a manual backup or an automated backup to a local device and restore data from the backup file.
Constraints¶
If the size of the backup data is greater than 400 MB, you are advised to use OBS Browser+ to download the backup data.
Method 1: Using OBS Browser+¶
Log in to the management console.
Click
in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.Click Service List. Under Database, click Relational Database Service. The RDS console is displayed.
On the Backup Management page, locate the target backup to be downloaded and click Download in the Operation column.
Alternatively, click the target DB instance. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Backups & Restorations. On the displayed page, locate the target backup to be downloaded and click Download in the Operation column.
In the displayed dialog box, select Use OBS Browser+ for Download Method and click OK.
Download OBS Browser+
Decompress and install OBS Browser+.
Log in to OBS Browser+.
For details about how to log in to OBS Browser+, see Logging In to OBS Browser+ in the OBS Browser+ Operation Guide.
Disable certificate verification on OBS Browser+.
For details on how to configure OBS Browser+, see Configuring the System in the OBS Browser+ Operation Guide.
Note
The OBS bucket name displayed in the Download Backup File pane on the RDS console does not support certificate verification. OBS Browser+ certificate verification needs to be disabled before the external bucket can be added, then it must be enabled again after the backup is downloaded.
Add an external bucket.
In the Add Bucket dialog box of OBS Browser+, select Add external bucket and enter the bucket name provided in step 2 "Add an External Bucket" of the RDS console.
For details about how to add external buckets, see Adding External Buckets in the OBS Browser+ Operation Guide.
Download the backup file.
On the OBS Browser+ page, click the bucket that you added. In the search box on the right of OBS Browser+, enter the backup file name displayed on Download the Backup File of the RDS console. In the search result, locate the target backup and download it.
Microsoft SQL Server allows you to download backup files of a specific database.
After the backup is downloaded, enable OBS Browser+ certificate verification.
Follow the instructions provided in Restoring from Backup Files to a Self-Built SQL Server Database to restore data locally as required.
Method 2: Using Download URL¶
Log in to the management console.
Click
in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.Click Service List. Under Database, click Relational Database Service. The RDS console is displayed.
On the Backup Management page, locate the target backup to be downloaded and click Download in the Operation column.
Alternatively, click the target DB instance. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Backups & Restorations. On the displayed page, locate the target backup to be downloaded and click Download in the Operation column.
In the displayed dialog box, select a method to download backup data.
In the displayed dialog box, select Use Download URL for Download Method, click
to copy the URL, and click OK.For Microsoft SQL Server DB instances, the URLs of all the backup files are displayed. You can download the backup files of a specific database.
You can use other download tools to download backup files.
You can also run the following command to download backup files:
wget -O FILE_NAME --no-check-certificate "DOWNLOAD_URL"
Variables in the commands are as follows:
FILE_NAME: indicates the new backup file name after the download is successful. The original backup file name may be too long and exceed the maximum characters allowed by the client file system. You are advised to use the -O argument with wget to rename the backup file.
DOWNLOAD_URL: indicates the path of the backup file to be downloaded. If the path contains special characters, escape is required.
Follow the instructions provided in Restoring from Backup Files to a Self-Built SQL Server Database to restore data locally as required.