Provided by: rdscli_1.10.003-0ubuntu1_all
NAME
rds-copy-db-snapshot - Creates a copy of all data and configuration associated with the specified database snapshot.
SYNOPSIS
rds-copy-db-snapshot SourceDBSnapshotIdentifier --target-db-snapshot-identifier value [General Options]
DESCRIPTION
Creates a copy of all data and configuration associated with the specified database snapshot.
ARGUMENTS
SourceDBSnapshotIdentifier User-supplied snapshot identifier, this is the unique key that identifies the existing and active snapshot to copy. Cannot be empty, or blank, visible characters only, and must be the identifier of an active snapshot. You can also set this value using "--source-db-snapshot-identifier". Required.
SPECIFIC OPTIONS
-t, --target-db-snapshot-identifier VALUE User-supplied snapshot identifier. This identifier may be used for future restoration from the snapshot copy. Cannot be null, empty, blank, or any word reserved by the specified database engine. Must be 1 to 255 alphanumeric characters or underscores. Required.
GENERAL OPTIONS
--aws-credential-file VALUE Location of the file with your AWS credentials. Must not be specified in conjunction with --ec2-cert-file-path or --ec2-private-key-file-path. This value can be set by using the environment variable 'AWS_CREDENTIAL_FILE'. -C, --ec2-cert-file-path VALUE Path to AWS X.509 certificate file. Must be specified in conjunction with --ec2-private-key-file-path and must not be specified in conjunction with --aws-credential-file. This value can be set by using the environment variable 'EC2_CERT'. --connection-timeout VALUE Specify a connection timeout VALUE (in seconds) for API calls. The default value is '30'. --debug If an error occurs while --debug is used, it will display information useful for debugging the problem. The default value is 'false'. --delimiter VALUE What delimiter to use when displaying delimited (long) results. --headers If you are displaying tabular or delimited results, it includes the column headers. If you are showing xml results, it returns the HTTP headers from the service request, if applicable. This is off by default. -I, --access-key-id VALUE Specify the AWS Access ID to use. -K, --ec2-private-key-file-path VALUE Path to AWS X.509 private key file. Must be specified in conjunction with --ec2-cert-file-path and must not be specified in conjunction with --aws-credential-file. This value can be set by using the environment variable 'EC2_PRIVATE_KEY'. --region VALUE Specify region VALUE as the web service region to use. This value can be set by using the environment variable 'EC2_REGION'. -S, --secret-key VALUE Specify the AWS Secret Key to use. --service-sig-name VALUE Specify the service name to use when signing requests. The default is "rds". This value can be set by using the environment variable 'SERVICE_SIG_NAME'. --show-empty-fields Show empty fields and rows, using a "(nil)" value. The default is to not show empty fields or columns. --show-request Displays the URL used by the tools to call the AWS Service. The default value is 'false'. --show-table, --show-long, --show-xml, --quiet Specify how the results are displayed: tabular, delimited (long), xml, or no output (quiet). Tabular shows a subset of the data in fixed column-width form, while long shows all of the returned values delimited by a character. The xml is the raw return from the service, while quiet suppresses all standard output. The default is tabular, or 'show-table'. -U, --url VALUE This option will override the URL for the service call with VALUE. This value can be set by using the environment variable 'RDS_URL'.
INPUT EXAMPLES
Copy a database snapshot $PROMPT>rds-copy-db-snapshot -s rds:mydb-2012-01-15-00-01 -t snapshotdec01
OUTPUT
This command returns a table that contains the following: * DBSnapshotId - Name of the snapshot. * Snapshot Created - The time (24HR UTC) at which the snapshot was taken. * DBInstanceId - User-supplied database identifier, this is the unique key that identifies a database instance. * Instance Created - The date and time when the database instance was created. * Engine - The name and version of the database used. * Storage - The size of the snapshot's allocated storage (GB). * Iops - No description available for this column. * Status - All user generated Snapshots will have a status field that will have one of the following values: creating, deleting, available. * Master Username - The login name of the database's master user. * AZ - The original availability zone of the database from which the snapshot was taken. This column appears only in the --show-long view. * Port - The original port of the database from which the snapshot was taken. This column appears only in the --show-long view. * Version - The database engine's version number. * License - The license model for the database from which the snapshot was taken. * Snapshot Type - The type of the snapshot, e.g. manual or automated. * VpcId - If the database from which the snapshot was taken was in a VPC, this specifies the id of that VPC.
OUTPUT EXAMPLES
Short output for several snapshots
SEE ALSO
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonRDS/2012-09-17/CommandLineReference/ http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonRDS/latest/CommandLineReference