NAME

       rds-create-db-snapshot - Create a restorable backup for a database instance

SYNOPSIS

        rds-create-db-snapshot
            DBInstanceIdentifier  --db-snapshot-identifier  value  [General Options]

DESCRIPTION

           Creates a restorable backup of all data and configuration associated with a
        database instance.

ARGUMENTS

        DBInstanceIdentifier
           User-supplied database instance identifier, this is the unique key that
           identifies the existing and active database instance from which to create
           a snapshot. Cannot be empty, or blank, visible characters only. The
           identifier must be 1 to 63 alphanumeric characters or hyphens, is case
           insensitive, and is not case preserving. You can also set this value
           using "--db-instance-identifier". Required.

SPECIFIC OPTIONS

        -s, --db-snapshot-identifier VALUE
           User-supplied snapshot identifier.  This identifier may be used for
           future restoration from this snapshot.  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

        Create a database snapshot

       $PROMPT>rds-create-db-snapshot -i mydatabase01 -s snapshotapril29

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