Is it possible to back up RDS snapshots in AWS Backup?

Hi Delaney, AWS Backup does support RDS [1]. Furthermore, AWS Backup supports Aurora Snapshots see "Feature availability by resource" [2]. I see in the tag you mentioned Aurora MySQL, therefore it should be supported.

You can use Tag-Based Backup Policies: AWS Backup allows you to create backup plans based on resource tags. This means you can tag your RDS snapshots with a specific label (or tag) and then configure AWS Backup to automatically back up resources with that specific tag. This ensures only the snapshots with the desired label are backed up. [3]

One example of how to implement:

1. Tag your RDS snapshots with the desired label.
2. In the AWS Backup console, create a backup plan.
3. In the backup plan, specify the resource tag as a condition for backup selection.
4. AWS Backup will then automatically back up the RDS snapshots with the specified tag.

Now to solve the second part of your problem, lifecycle snapshots[4]:

1. In the AWS Backup console, when creating or editing a backup plan, specify the lifecycle settings.
2. Set the retention period to 30 days.
3. AWS Backup will automatically delete backups after the 30-day retention period.

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• Dylan

1. https://aws.amazon.com/backup/features/
2. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/whatisbackup.html
3. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/assigning-resources.html
4. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/creating-a-backup-plan.html