Restore AWS CloudHSM backups

AWS CloudHSM holds deleted backups for seven days, during which time you can restore the backup. After the seven-day period, you can no longer restore the backup. For more information about managing backups, see Cluster backups.

The following table describes how to delete a backup.

Console

To restore a backup (console)

1. Open the AWS CloudHSM console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudhsm/home.

2. To change the AWS Region, use the Region selector in the upper-right corner of the page.

3. In the navigation pane, choose Backups.

4. Choose a backup in the PENDING_DELETE state to restore.

5. To restore the selected backup, choose Actions, Restore.

AWS CLI

To restore a backup (AWS CLI)

• To restore a backup, issue the restore-backup command, passing the ID of a backup that is in the PENDING_DELETION state.

  $ aws cloudhsmv2 restore-backup --backup-id <backup ID>
  {
      "Backup": {
          "ClusterId": "cluster-dygnwhmscg5",
          "CreateTimestamp": 1534461854.64,
          "BackupState": "READY",
          "BackupId": "backup-ro5c4er4aac"
      }
  }

AWS CloudHSM API

Refer to RestoreBackup to learn how to restore backups by using the API.