AWS SDK Version 2 for .NET
API Reference

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.NET Framework 3.5
 
Implementation for accessing RDS Amazon Relational Database Service

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a web service that makes it easier to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. It provides cost-efficient, resizeable capacity for an industry-standard relational database and manages common database administration tasks, freeing up developers to focus on what makes their applications and businesses unique.

Amazon RDS gives you access to the capabilities of a MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, or Aurora database server. This means the code, applications, and tools you already use today with your existing databases work with Amazon RDS without modification. Amazon RDS automatically backs up your database and maintains the database software that powers your DB instance. Amazon RDS is flexible: you can scale your database instance's compute resources and storage capacity to meet your application's demand. As with all Amazon Web Services, there are no up-front investments, and you pay only for the resources you use.

This is an interface reference for Amazon RDS. It contains documentation for a programming or command line interface you can use to manage Amazon RDS. Note that Amazon RDS is asynchronous, which means that some interfaces might require techniques such as polling or callback functions to determine when a command has been applied. In this reference, the parameter descriptions indicate whether a command is applied immediately, on the next instance reboot, or during the maintenance window. For a summary of the Amazon RDS interfaces, go to Available RDS Interfaces.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Amazon.Runtime.AmazonServiceClient
    Amazon.RDS.AmazonRDSClient

Namespace: Amazon.RDS
Assembly: AWSSDK.dll
Version: (assembly version)

Syntax

C#
public class AmazonRDSClient : AmazonServiceClient
         IAmazonRDS, IDisposable

The AmazonRDSClient type exposes the following members

Constructors

NameDescription
Public Method AmazonRDSClient() Constructs AmazonRDSClient with the credentials loaded from the application's default configuration, and if unsuccessful from the Instance Profile service on an EC2 instance. Example App.config with credentials set.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
    <appSettings>
        <add key="AWSProfileName" value="AWS Default"/>
    </appSettings>
</configuration>
             
Public Method AmazonRDSClient(RegionEndpoint) Constructs AmazonRDSClient with the credentials loaded from the application's default configuration, and if unsuccessful from the Instance Profile service on an EC2 instance. Example App.config with credentials set.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
    <appSettings>
        <add key="AWSProfileName" value="AWS Default"/>
    </appSettings>
</configuration>
             
Public Method AmazonRDSClient(AmazonRDSConfig) Constructs AmazonRDSClient with the credentials loaded from the application's default configuration, and if unsuccessful from the Instance Profile service on an EC2 instance. Example App.config with credentials set.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
    <appSettings>
        <add key="AWSProfileName" value="AWS Default"/>
    </appSettings>
</configuration>
             
Public Method AmazonRDSClient(AWSCredentials) Constructs AmazonRDSClient with AWS Credentials
Public Method AmazonRDSClient(AWSCredentials, RegionEndpoint) Constructs AmazonRDSClient with AWS Credentials
Public Method AmazonRDSClient(AWSCredentials, AmazonRDSConfig) Constructs AmazonRDSClient with AWS Credentials and an AmazonRDSClient Configuration object.
Public Method AmazonRDSClient(string, string) Constructs AmazonRDSClient with AWS Access Key ID and AWS Secret Key
Public Method AmazonRDSClient(string, string, RegionEndpoint) Constructs AmazonRDSClient with AWS Access Key ID and AWS Secret Key
Public Method AmazonRDSClient(string, string, AmazonRDSConfig) Constructs AmazonRDSClient with AWS Access Key ID, AWS Secret Key and an AmazonRDSClient Configuration object.
Public Method AmazonRDSClient(string, string, string) Constructs AmazonRDSClient with AWS Access Key ID and AWS Secret Key
Public Method AmazonRDSClient(string, string, string, RegionEndpoint) Constructs AmazonRDSClient with AWS Access Key ID and AWS Secret Key
Public Method AmazonRDSClient(string, string, string, AmazonRDSConfig) Constructs AmazonRDSClient with AWS Access Key ID, AWS Secret Key and an AmazonRDSClient Configuration object.

Methods

NameDescription
Public Method AddSourceIdentifierToSubscription(AddSourceIdentifierToSubscriptionRequest) Adds a source identifier to an existing RDS event notification subscription.
Public Method AddTagsToResource(AddTagsToResourceRequest) Adds metadata tags to an Amazon RDS resource. These tags can also be used with cost allocation reporting to track cost associated with Amazon RDS resources, or used in a Condition statement in an IAM policy for Amazon RDS.

For an overview on tagging Amazon RDS resources, see Tagging Amazon RDS Resources.

Public Method ApplyPendingMaintenanceAction(ApplyPendingMaintenanceActionRequest) Applies a pending maintenance action to a resource (for example, to a DB instance).
Public Method AuthorizeDBSecurityGroupIngress(AuthorizeDBSecurityGroupIngressRequest) Enables ingress to a DBSecurityGroup using one of two forms of authorization. First, EC2 or VPC security groups can be added to the DBSecurityGroup if the application using the database is running on EC2 or VPC instances. Second, IP ranges are available if the application accessing your database is running on the Internet. Required parameters for this API are one of CIDR range, EC2SecurityGroupId for VPC, or (EC2SecurityGroupOwnerId and either EC2SecurityGroupName or EC2SecurityGroupId for non-VPC). You cannot authorize ingress from an EC2 security group in one region to an Amazon RDS DB instance in another. You cannot authorize ingress from a VPC security group in one VPC to an Amazon RDS DB instance in another.

For an overview of CIDR ranges, go to the Wikipedia Tutorial.

Public Method BeginAddSourceIdentifierToSubscription(AddSourceIdentifierToSubscriptionRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the AddSourceIdentifierToSubscription operation.
Public Method BeginAddTagsToResource(AddTagsToResourceRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the AddTagsToResource operation.
Public Method BeginApplyPendingMaintenanceAction(ApplyPendingMaintenanceActionRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the ApplyPendingMaintenanceAction operation.
Public Method BeginAuthorizeDBSecurityGroupIngress(AuthorizeDBSecurityGroupIngressRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the AuthorizeDBSecurityGroupIngress operation.
Public Method BeginCopyDBClusterSnapshot(CopyDBClusterSnapshotRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the CopyDBClusterSnapshot operation.
Public Method BeginCopyDBParameterGroup(CopyDBParameterGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the CopyDBParameterGroup operation.
Public Method BeginCopyDBSnapshot(CopyDBSnapshotRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the CopyDBSnapshot operation.
Public Method BeginCopyOptionGroup(CopyOptionGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the CopyOptionGroup operation.
Public Method BeginCreateDBCluster(CreateDBClusterRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBCluster operation.
Public Method BeginCreateDBClusterParameterGroup(CreateDBClusterParameterGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBClusterParameterGroup operation.
Public Method BeginCreateDBClusterSnapshot(CreateDBClusterSnapshotRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBClusterSnapshot operation.
Public Method BeginCreateDBInstance(CreateDBInstanceRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBInstance operation.
Public Method BeginCreateDBInstanceReadReplica(CreateDBInstanceReadReplicaRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBInstanceReadReplica operation.
Public Method BeginCreateDBParameterGroup(CreateDBParameterGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBParameterGroup operation.
Public Method BeginCreateDBSecurityGroup(CreateDBSecurityGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBSecurityGroup operation.
Public Method BeginCreateDBSnapshot(CreateDBSnapshotRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBSnapshot operation.
Public Method BeginCreateDBSubnetGroup(CreateDBSubnetGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBSubnetGroup operation.
Public Method BeginCreateEventSubscription(CreateEventSubscriptionRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the CreateEventSubscription operation.
Public Method BeginCreateOptionGroup(CreateOptionGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the CreateOptionGroup operation.
Public Method BeginDeleteDBCluster(DeleteDBClusterRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DeleteDBCluster operation.
Public Method BeginDeleteDBClusterParameterGroup(DeleteDBClusterParameterGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DeleteDBClusterParameterGroup operation.
Public Method BeginDeleteDBClusterSnapshot(DeleteDBClusterSnapshotRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DeleteDBClusterSnapshot operation.
Public Method BeginDeleteDBInstance(DeleteDBInstanceRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DeleteDBInstance operation.
Public Method BeginDeleteDBParameterGroup(DeleteDBParameterGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DeleteDBParameterGroup operation.
Public Method BeginDeleteDBSecurityGroup(DeleteDBSecurityGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DeleteDBSecurityGroup operation.
Public Method BeginDeleteDBSnapshot(DeleteDBSnapshotRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DeleteDBSnapshot operation.
Public Method BeginDeleteDBSubnetGroup(DeleteDBSubnetGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DeleteDBSubnetGroup operation.
Public Method BeginDeleteEventSubscription(DeleteEventSubscriptionRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DeleteEventSubscription operation.
Public Method BeginDeleteOptionGroup(DeleteOptionGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DeleteOptionGroup operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeAccountAttributes(DescribeAccountAttributesRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeAccountAttributes operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeCertificates(DescribeCertificatesRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeCertificates operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeDBClusterParameterGroups(DescribeDBClusterParameterGroupsRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBClusterParameterGroups operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeDBClusterParameters(DescribeDBClusterParametersRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBClusterParameters operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeDBClusters(DescribeDBClustersRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBClusters operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeDBClusterSnapshots(DescribeDBClusterSnapshotsRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBClusterSnapshots operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeDBEngineVersions(DescribeDBEngineVersionsRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBEngineVersions operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeDBInstances(DescribeDBInstancesRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBInstances operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeDBLogFiles(DescribeDBLogFilesRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBLogFiles operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeDBParameterGroups(DescribeDBParameterGroupsRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBParameterGroups operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeDBParameters(DescribeDBParametersRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBParameters operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeDBSecurityGroups(DescribeDBSecurityGroupsRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBSecurityGroups operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeDBSnapshotAttributes(DescribeDBSnapshotAttributesRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBSnapshotAttributes operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeDBSnapshots(DescribeDBSnapshotsRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBSnapshots operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeDBSubnetGroups(DescribeDBSubnetGroupsRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBSubnetGroups operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeEngineDefaultClusterParameters(DescribeEngineDefaultClusterParametersRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeEngineDefaultClusterParameters operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeEngineDefaultParameters(DescribeEngineDefaultParametersRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeEngineDefaultParameters operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeEventCategories(DescribeEventCategoriesRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeEventCategories operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeEvents(DescribeEventsRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeEvents operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeEventSubscriptions(DescribeEventSubscriptionsRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeEventSubscriptions operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeOptionGroupOptions(DescribeOptionGroupOptionsRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeOptionGroupOptions operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeOptionGroups(DescribeOptionGroupsRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeOptionGroups operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptions(DescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptionsRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptions operation.
Public Method BeginDescribePendingMaintenanceActions(DescribePendingMaintenanceActionsRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribePendingMaintenanceActions operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeReservedDBInstances(DescribeReservedDBInstancesRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeReservedDBInstances operation.
Public Method BeginDescribeReservedDBInstancesOfferings(DescribeReservedDBInstancesOfferingsRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DescribeReservedDBInstancesOfferings operation.
Public Method BeginDownloadDBLogFilePortion(DownloadDBLogFilePortionRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the DownloadDBLogFilePortion operation.
Public Method BeginFailoverDBCluster(FailoverDBClusterRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the FailoverDBCluster operation.
Public Method BeginListTagsForResource(ListTagsForResourceRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the ListTagsForResource operation.
Public Method BeginModifyDBCluster(ModifyDBClusterRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the ModifyDBCluster operation.
Public Method BeginModifyDBClusterParameterGroup(ModifyDBClusterParameterGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the ModifyDBClusterParameterGroup operation.
Public Method BeginModifyDBInstance(ModifyDBInstanceRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the ModifyDBInstance operation.
Public Method BeginModifyDBParameterGroup(ModifyDBParameterGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the ModifyDBParameterGroup operation.
Public Method BeginModifyDBSnapshotAttribute(ModifyDBSnapshotAttributeRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the ModifyDBSnapshotAttribute operation.
Public Method BeginModifyDBSubnetGroup(ModifyDBSubnetGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the ModifyDBSubnetGroup operation.
Public Method BeginModifyEventSubscription(ModifyEventSubscriptionRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the ModifyEventSubscription operation.
Public Method BeginModifyOptionGroup(ModifyOptionGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the ModifyOptionGroup operation.
Public Method BeginPromoteReadReplica(PromoteReadReplicaRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the PromoteReadReplica operation.
Public Method BeginPurchaseReservedDBInstancesOffering(PurchaseReservedDBInstancesOfferingRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the PurchaseReservedDBInstancesOffering operation.
Public Method BeginRebootDBInstance(RebootDBInstanceRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the RebootDBInstance operation.
Public Method BeginRemoveSourceIdentifierFromSubscription(RemoveSourceIdentifierFromSubscriptionRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the RemoveSourceIdentifierFromSubscription operation.
Public Method BeginRemoveTagsFromResource(RemoveTagsFromResourceRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the RemoveTagsFromResource operation.
Public Method BeginResetDBClusterParameterGroup(ResetDBClusterParameterGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the ResetDBClusterParameterGroup operation.
Public Method BeginResetDBParameterGroup(ResetDBParameterGroupRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the ResetDBParameterGroup operation.
Public Method BeginRestoreDBClusterFromSnapshot(RestoreDBClusterFromSnapshotRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the RestoreDBClusterFromSnapshot operation.
Public Method BeginRestoreDBClusterToPointInTime(RestoreDBClusterToPointInTimeRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the RestoreDBClusterToPointInTime operation.
Public Method BeginRestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot(RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshotRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot operation.
Public Method BeginRestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime(RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTimeRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime operation.
Public Method BeginRevokeDBSecurityGroupIngress(RevokeDBSecurityGroupIngressRequest, AsyncCallback, object) Initiates the asynchronous execution of the RevokeDBSecurityGroupIngress operation.
Public Method CopyDBClusterSnapshot(CopyDBClusterSnapshotRequest) Creates a snapshot of a DB cluster. For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.
Public Method CopyDBParameterGroup(CopyDBParameterGroupRequest) Copies the specified DB parameter group.
Public Method CopyDBSnapshot(CopyDBSnapshotRequest) Copies the specified DBSnapshot. The source DB snapshot must be in the "available" state.

If you are copying from a shared manual DB snapshot, the SourceDBSnapshotIdentifier must be the ARN of the shared DB snapshot.

Public Method CopyOptionGroup(CopyOptionGroupRequest) Copies the specified option group.
Public Method CreateDBCluster(CreateDBClusterRequest) Creates a new Amazon Aurora DB cluster. For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.
Public Method CreateDBClusterParameterGroup(CreateDBClusterParameterGroupRequest) Creates a new DB cluster parameter group.

Parameters in a DB cluster parameter group apply to all of the instances in a DB cluster.

A DB cluster parameter group is initially created with the default parameters for the database engine used by instances in the DB cluster. To provide custom values for any of the parameters, you must modify the group after creating it using ModifyDBClusterParameterGroup. Once you've created a DB cluster parameter group, you need to associate it with your DB cluster using ModifyDBCluster. When you associate a new DB cluster parameter group with a running DB cluster, you need to reboot the DB instances in the DB cluster without failover for the new DB cluster parameter group and associated settings to take effect.

After you create a DB cluster parameter group, you should wait at least 5 minutes before creating your first DB cluster that uses that DB cluster parameter group as the default parameter group. This allows Amazon RDS to fully complete the create action before the DB cluster parameter group is used as the default for a new DB cluster. This is especially important for parameters that are critical when creating the default database for a DB cluster, such as the character set for the default database defined by the character_set_database parameter. You can use the Parameter Groups option of the Amazon RDS console or the DescribeDBClusterParameters command to verify that your DB cluster parameter group has been created or modified.

For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Public Method CreateDBClusterSnapshot(CreateDBClusterSnapshotRequest) Creates a snapshot of a DB cluster. For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.
Public Method CreateDBInstance(CreateDBInstanceRequest) Creates a new DB instance.
Public Method CreateDBInstanceReadReplica(CreateDBInstanceReadReplicaRequest) Creates a DB instance for a DB instance running MySQL, MariaDB, or PostgreSQL that acts as a Read Replica of a source DB instance.

All Read Replica DB instances are created as Single-AZ deployments with backups disabled. All other DB instance attributes (including DB security groups and DB parameter groups) are inherited from the source DB instance, except as specified below.

The source DB instance must have backup retention enabled.

Public Method CreateDBParameterGroup(CreateDBParameterGroupRequest) Creates a new DB parameter group.

A DB parameter group is initially created with the default parameters for the database engine used by the DB instance. To provide custom values for any of the parameters, you must modify the group after creating it using ModifyDBParameterGroup. Once you've created a DB parameter group, you need to associate it with your DB instance using ModifyDBInstance. When you associate a new DB parameter group with a running DB instance, you need to reboot the DB instance without failover for the new DB parameter group and associated settings to take effect.

After you create a DB parameter group, you should wait at least 5 minutes before creating your first DB instance that uses that DB parameter group as the default parameter group. This allows Amazon RDS to fully complete the create action before the parameter group is used as the default for a new DB instance. This is especially important for parameters that are critical when creating the default database for a DB instance, such as the character set for the default database defined by the character_set_database parameter. You can use the Parameter Groups option of the Amazon RDS console or the DescribeDBParameters command to verify that your DB parameter group has been created or modified.

Public Method CreateDBSecurityGroup(CreateDBSecurityGroupRequest) Creates a new DB security group. DB security groups control access to a DB instance.
Public Method CreateDBSnapshot(CreateDBSnapshotRequest) Creates a DBSnapshot. The source DBInstance must be in "available" state.
Public Method CreateDBSubnetGroup(CreateDBSubnetGroupRequest) Creates a new DB subnet group. DB subnet groups must contain at least one subnet in at least two AZs in the region.
Public Method CreateEventSubscription(CreateEventSubscriptionRequest) Creates an RDS event notification subscription. This action requires a topic ARN (Amazon Resource Name) created by either the RDS console, the SNS console, or the SNS API. To obtain an ARN with SNS, you must create a topic in Amazon SNS and subscribe to the topic. The ARN is displayed in the SNS console.

You can specify the type of source (SourceType) you want to be notified of, provide a list of RDS sources (SourceIds) that triggers the events, and provide a list of event categories (EventCategories) for events you want to be notified of. For example, you can specify SourceType = db-instance, SourceIds = mydbinstance1, mydbinstance2 and EventCategories = Availability, Backup.

If you specify both the SourceType and SourceIds, such as SourceType = db-instance and SourceIdentifier = myDBInstance1, you will be notified of all the db-instance events for the specified source. If you specify a SourceType but do not specify a SourceIdentifier, you will receive notice of the events for that source type for all your RDS sources. If you do not specify either the SourceType nor the SourceIdentifier, you will be notified of events generated from all RDS sources belonging to your customer account.

Public Method CreateOptionGroup(CreateOptionGroupRequest) Creates a new option group. You can create up to 20 option groups.
Public Method DeleteDBCluster(DeleteDBClusterRequest) The DeleteDBCluster action deletes a previously provisioned DB cluster. A successful response from the web service indicates the request was received correctly. When you delete a DB cluster, all automated backups for that DB cluster are deleted and cannot be recovered. Manual DB cluster snapshots of the DB cluster to be deleted are not deleted.

For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Public Method DeleteDBClusterParameterGroup(DeleteDBClusterParameterGroupRequest) Deletes a specified DB cluster parameter group. The DB cluster parameter group to be deleted cannot be associated with any DB clusters.

For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Public Method DeleteDBClusterSnapshot(DeleteDBClusterSnapshotRequest) Deletes a DB cluster snapshot. If the snapshot is being copied, the copy operation is terminated. The DB cluster snapshot must be in the available state to be deleted.

For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Public Method DeleteDBInstance(DeleteDBInstanceRequest) The DeleteDBInstance action deletes a previously provisioned DB instance. A successful response from the web service indicates the request was received correctly. When you delete a DB instance, all automated backups for that instance are deleted and cannot be recovered. Manual DB snapshots of the DB instance to be deleted are not deleted.

If a final DB snapshot is requested the status of the RDS instance will be "deleting" until the DB snapshot is created. The API action DescribeDBInstance is used to monitor the status of this operation. The action cannot be canceled or reverted once submitted.

Note that when a DB instance is in a failure state and has a status of 'failed', 'incompatible-restore', or 'incompatible-network', it can only be deleted when the SkipFinalSnapshot parameter is set to "true".

Public Method DeleteDBParameterGroup(DeleteDBParameterGroupRequest) Deletes a specified DBParameterGroup. The DBParameterGroup to be deleted cannot be associated with any DB instances.
Public Method DeleteDBSecurityGroup(DeleteDBSecurityGroupRequest) Deletes a DB security group. The specified DB security group must not be associated with any DB instances.
Public Method DeleteDBSnapshot(DeleteDBSnapshotRequest) Deletes a DBSnapshot. If the snapshot is being copied, the copy operation is terminated. The DBSnapshot must be in the available state to be deleted.
Public Method DeleteDBSubnetGroup(DeleteDBSubnetGroupRequest) Deletes a DB subnet group. The specified database subnet group must not be associated with any DB instances.
Public Method DeleteEventSubscription(DeleteEventSubscriptionRequest) Deletes an RDS event notification subscription.
Public Method DeleteOptionGroup(DeleteOptionGroupRequest) Deletes an existing option group.
Public Method DescribeAccountAttributes() Lists all of the attributes for a customer account. The attributes include Amazon RDS quotas for the account, such as the number of DB instances allowed. The description for a quota includes the quota name, current usage toward that quota, and the quota's maximum value.

This command does not take any parameters.

Public Method DescribeAccountAttributes(DescribeAccountAttributesRequest) Lists all of the attributes for a customer account. The attributes include Amazon RDS quotas for the account, such as the number of DB instances allowed. The description for a quota includes the quota name, current usage toward that quota, and the quota's maximum value.

This command does not take any parameters.

Public Method DescribeCertificates(DescribeCertificatesRequest) Lists the set of CA certificates provided by Amazon RDS for this AWS account.
Public Method DescribeDBClusterParameterGroups(DescribeDBClusterParameterGroupsRequest) Returns a list of DBClusterParameterGroup descriptions. If a DBClusterParameterGroupName parameter is specified, the list will contain only the description of the specified DB cluster parameter group.

For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Public Method DescribeDBClusterParameters(DescribeDBClusterParametersRequest) Returns the detailed parameter list for a particular DB cluster parameter group.

For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Public Method DescribeDBClusters(DescribeDBClustersRequest) Returns information about provisioned Aurora DB clusters. This API supports pagination.

For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Public Method DescribeDBClusterSnapshots(DescribeDBClusterSnapshotsRequest) Returns information about DB cluster snapshots. This API supports pagination.

For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Public Method DescribeDBEngineVersions() Returns a list of the available DB engines.
Public Method DescribeDBEngineVersions(DescribeDBEngineVersionsRequest) Returns a list of the available DB engines.
Public Method DescribeDBInstances() Returns information about provisioned RDS instances. This API supports pagination.
Public Method DescribeDBInstances(DescribeDBInstancesRequest) Returns information about provisioned RDS instances. This API supports pagination.
Public Method DescribeDBLogFiles(DescribeDBLogFilesRequest) Returns a list of DB log files for the DB instance.
Public Method DescribeDBParameterGroups() Returns a list of DBParameterGroup descriptions. If a DBParameterGroupName is specified, the list will contain only the description of the specified DB parameter group.
Public Method DescribeDBParameterGroups(DescribeDBParameterGroupsRequest) Returns a list of DBParameterGroup descriptions. If a DBParameterGroupName is specified, the list will contain only the description of the specified DB parameter group.
Public Method DescribeDBParameters(DescribeDBParametersRequest) Returns the detailed parameter list for a particular DB parameter group.
Public Method DescribeDBSecurityGroups() Returns a list of DBSecurityGroup descriptions. If a DBSecurityGroupName is specified, the list will contain only the descriptions of the specified DB security group.
Public Method DescribeDBSecurityGroups(DescribeDBSecurityGroupsRequest) Returns a list of DBSecurityGroup descriptions. If a DBSecurityGroupName is specified, the list will contain only the descriptions of the specified DB security group.
Public Method DescribeDBSnapshotAttributes(DescribeDBSnapshotAttributesRequest) Returns a list of DB snapshot attribute names and values for a manual DB snapshot.

When sharing snapshots with other AWS accounts, DescribeDBSnapshotAttributes returns the restore attribute and a list of the AWS account ids that are authorized to copy or restore the manual DB snapshot. If all is included in the list of values for the restore attribute, then the manual DB snapshot is public and can be copied or restored by all AWS accounts.

To add or remove access for an AWS account to copy or restore a manual DB snapshot, or to make the manual DB snapshot public or private, use the ModifyDBSnapshotAttribute API.

Public Method DescribeDBSnapshots() Returns information about DB snapshots. This API supports pagination.
Public Method DescribeDBSnapshots(DescribeDBSnapshotsRequest) Returns information about DB snapshots. This API supports pagination.
Public Method DescribeDBSubnetGroups() Returns a list of DBSubnetGroup descriptions. If a DBSubnetGroupName is specified, the list will contain only the descriptions of the specified DBSubnetGroup.

For an overview of CIDR ranges, go to the Wikipedia Tutorial.

Public Method DescribeDBSubnetGroups(DescribeDBSubnetGroupsRequest) Returns a list of DBSubnetGroup descriptions. If a DBSubnetGroupName is specified, the list will contain only the descriptions of the specified DBSubnetGroup.

For an overview of CIDR ranges, go to the Wikipedia Tutorial.

Public Method DescribeEngineDefaultClusterParameters(DescribeEngineDefaultClusterParametersRequest) Returns the default engine and system parameter information for the cluster database engine.

For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Public Method DescribeEngineDefaultParameters(DescribeEngineDefaultParametersRequest) Returns the default engine and system parameter information for the specified database engine.
Public Method DescribeEventCategories() Displays a list of categories for all event source types, or, if specified, for a specified source type. You can see a list of the event categories and source types in the Events topic in the Amazon RDS User Guide.
Public Method DescribeEventCategories(DescribeEventCategoriesRequest) Displays a list of categories for all event source types, or, if specified, for a specified source type. You can see a list of the event categories and source types in the Events topic in the Amazon RDS User Guide.
Public Method DescribeEvents() Returns events related to DB instances, DB security groups, DB snapshots, and DB parameter groups for the past 14 days. Events specific to a particular DB instance, DB security group, database snapshot, or DB parameter group can be obtained by providing the name as a parameter. By default, the past hour of events are returned.
Public Method DescribeEvents(DescribeEventsRequest) Returns events related to DB instances, DB security groups, DB snapshots, and DB parameter groups for the past 14 days. Events specific to a particular DB instance, DB security group, database snapshot, or DB parameter group can be obtained by providing the name as a parameter. By default, the past hour of events are returned.
Public Method DescribeEventSubscriptions() Lists all the subscription descriptions for a customer account. The description for a subscription includes SubscriptionName, SNSTopicARN, CustomerID, SourceType, SourceID, CreationTime, and Status.

If you specify a SubscriptionName, lists the description for that subscription.

Public Method DescribeEventSubscriptions(DescribeEventSubscriptionsRequest) Lists all the subscription descriptions for a customer account. The description for a subscription includes SubscriptionName, SNSTopicARN, CustomerID, SourceType, SourceID, CreationTime, and Status.

If you specify a SubscriptionName, lists the description for that subscription.

Public Method DescribeOptionGroupOptions(DescribeOptionGroupOptionsRequest) Describes all available options.
Public Method DescribeOptionGroups() Describes the available option groups.
Public Method DescribeOptionGroups(DescribeOptionGroupsRequest) Describes the available option groups.
Public Method DescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptions(DescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptionsRequest) Returns a list of orderable DB instance options for the specified engine.
Public Method DescribePendingMaintenanceActions(DescribePendingMaintenanceActionsRequest) Returns a list of resources (for example, DB instances) that have at least one pending maintenance action.
Public Method DescribeReservedDBInstances() Returns information about reserved DB instances for this account, or about a specified reserved DB instance.
Public Method DescribeReservedDBInstances(DescribeReservedDBInstancesRequest) Returns information about reserved DB instances for this account, or about a specified reserved DB instance.
Public Method DescribeReservedDBInstancesOfferings() Lists available reserved DB instance offerings.
Public Method DescribeReservedDBInstancesOfferings(DescribeReservedDBInstancesOfferingsRequest) Lists available reserved DB instance offerings.
Public Method Dispose() Inherited from Amazon.Runtime.AmazonServiceClient.
Public Method DownloadDBLogFilePortion(DownloadDBLogFilePortionRequest) Downloads all or a portion of the specified log file, up to 1 MB in size.
Public Method EndAddSourceIdentifierToSubscription(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the AddSourceIdentifierToSubscription operation.
Public Method EndAddTagsToResource(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the AddTagsToResource operation.
Public Method EndApplyPendingMaintenanceAction(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the ApplyPendingMaintenanceAction operation.
Public Method EndAuthorizeDBSecurityGroupIngress(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the AuthorizeDBSecurityGroupIngress operation.
Public Method EndCopyDBClusterSnapshot(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the CopyDBClusterSnapshot operation.
Public Method EndCopyDBParameterGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the CopyDBParameterGroup operation.
Public Method EndCopyDBSnapshot(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the CopyDBSnapshot operation.
Public Method EndCopyOptionGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the CopyOptionGroup operation.
Public Method EndCreateDBCluster(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBCluster operation.
Public Method EndCreateDBClusterParameterGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBClusterParameterGroup operation.
Public Method EndCreateDBClusterSnapshot(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBClusterSnapshot operation.
Public Method EndCreateDBInstance(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBInstance operation.
Public Method EndCreateDBInstanceReadReplica(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBInstanceReadReplica operation.
Public Method EndCreateDBParameterGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBParameterGroup operation.
Public Method EndCreateDBSecurityGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBSecurityGroup operation.
Public Method EndCreateDBSnapshot(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBSnapshot operation.
Public Method EndCreateDBSubnetGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the CreateDBSubnetGroup operation.
Public Method EndCreateEventSubscription(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the CreateEventSubscription operation.
Public Method EndCreateOptionGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the CreateOptionGroup operation.
Public Method EndDeleteDBCluster(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DeleteDBCluster operation.
Public Method EndDeleteDBClusterParameterGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DeleteDBClusterParameterGroup operation.
Public Method EndDeleteDBClusterSnapshot(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DeleteDBClusterSnapshot operation.
Public Method EndDeleteDBInstance(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DeleteDBInstance operation.
Public Method EndDeleteDBParameterGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DeleteDBParameterGroup operation.
Public Method EndDeleteDBSecurityGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DeleteDBSecurityGroup operation.
Public Method EndDeleteDBSnapshot(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DeleteDBSnapshot operation.
Public Method EndDeleteDBSubnetGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DeleteDBSubnetGroup operation.
Public Method EndDeleteEventSubscription(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DeleteEventSubscription operation.
Public Method EndDeleteOptionGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DeleteOptionGroup operation.
Public Method EndDescribeAccountAttributes(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeAccountAttributes operation.
Public Method EndDescribeCertificates(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeCertificates operation.
Public Method EndDescribeDBClusterParameterGroups(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBClusterParameterGroups operation.
Public Method EndDescribeDBClusterParameters(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBClusterParameters operation.
Public Method EndDescribeDBClusters(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBClusters operation.
Public Method EndDescribeDBClusterSnapshots(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBClusterSnapshots operation.
Public Method EndDescribeDBEngineVersions(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBEngineVersions operation.
Public Method EndDescribeDBInstances(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBInstances operation.
Public Method EndDescribeDBLogFiles(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBLogFiles operation.
Public Method EndDescribeDBParameterGroups(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBParameterGroups operation.
Public Method EndDescribeDBParameters(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBParameters operation.
Public Method EndDescribeDBSecurityGroups(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBSecurityGroups operation.
Public Method EndDescribeDBSnapshotAttributes(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBSnapshotAttributes operation.
Public Method EndDescribeDBSnapshots(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBSnapshots operation.
Public Method EndDescribeDBSubnetGroups(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeDBSubnetGroups operation.
Public Method EndDescribeEngineDefaultClusterParameters(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeEngineDefaultClusterParameters operation.
Public Method EndDescribeEngineDefaultParameters(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeEngineDefaultParameters operation.
Public Method EndDescribeEventCategories(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeEventCategories operation.
Public Method EndDescribeEvents(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeEvents operation.
Public Method EndDescribeEventSubscriptions(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeEventSubscriptions operation.
Public Method EndDescribeOptionGroupOptions(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeOptionGroupOptions operation.
Public Method EndDescribeOptionGroups(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeOptionGroups operation.
Public Method EndDescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptions(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptions operation.
Public Method EndDescribePendingMaintenanceActions(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribePendingMaintenanceActions operation.
Public Method EndDescribeReservedDBInstances(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeReservedDBInstances operation.
Public Method EndDescribeReservedDBInstancesOfferings(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DescribeReservedDBInstancesOfferings operation.
Public Method EndDownloadDBLogFilePortion(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the DownloadDBLogFilePortion operation.
Public Method EndFailoverDBCluster(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the FailoverDBCluster operation.
Public Method EndListTagsForResource(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the ListTagsForResource operation.
Public Method EndModifyDBCluster(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the ModifyDBCluster operation.
Public Method EndModifyDBClusterParameterGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the ModifyDBClusterParameterGroup operation.
Public Method EndModifyDBInstance(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the ModifyDBInstance operation.
Public Method EndModifyDBParameterGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the ModifyDBParameterGroup operation.
Public Method EndModifyDBSnapshotAttribute(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the ModifyDBSnapshotAttribute operation.
Public Method EndModifyDBSubnetGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the ModifyDBSubnetGroup operation.
Public Method EndModifyEventSubscription(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the ModifyEventSubscription operation.
Public Method EndModifyOptionGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the ModifyOptionGroup operation.
Public Method EndPromoteReadReplica(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the PromoteReadReplica operation.
Public Method EndPurchaseReservedDBInstancesOffering(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the PurchaseReservedDBInstancesOffering operation.
Public Method EndRebootDBInstance(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the RebootDBInstance operation.
Public Method EndRemoveSourceIdentifierFromSubscription(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the RemoveSourceIdentifierFromSubscription operation.
Public Method EndRemoveTagsFromResource(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the RemoveTagsFromResource operation.
Public Method EndResetDBClusterParameterGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the ResetDBClusterParameterGroup operation.
Public Method EndResetDBParameterGroup(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the ResetDBParameterGroup operation.
Public Method EndRestoreDBClusterFromSnapshot(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the RestoreDBClusterFromSnapshot operation.
Public Method EndRestoreDBClusterToPointInTime(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the RestoreDBClusterToPointInTime operation.
Public Method EndRestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot operation.
Public Method EndRestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime operation.
Public Method EndRevokeDBSecurityGroupIngress(IAsyncResult) Finishes the asynchronous execution of the RevokeDBSecurityGroupIngress operation.
Public Method FailoverDBCluster(FailoverDBClusterRequest) Forces a failover for a DB cluster.

A failover for a DB cluster promotes one of the read-only instances in the DB cluster to the master DB instance (the cluster writer) and deletes the current primary instance.

Amazon Aurora will automatically fail over to a read-only instance, if one exists, when the primary instance fails. You can force a failover when you want to simulate a failure of a DB instance for testing. Because each instance in a DB cluster has its own endpoint address, you will need to clean up and re-establish any existing connections that use those endpoint addresses when the failover is complete.

For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Public Method ListTagsForResource(ListTagsForResourceRequest) Lists all tags on an Amazon RDS resource.

For an overview on tagging an Amazon RDS resource, see Tagging Amazon RDS Resources.

Public Method ModifyDBCluster(ModifyDBClusterRequest) Modify a setting for an Amazon Aurora DB cluster. You can change one or more database configuration parameters by specifying these parameters and the new values in the request. For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.
Public Method ModifyDBClusterParameterGroup(ModifyDBClusterParameterGroupRequest) Modifies the parameters of a DB cluster parameter group. To modify more than one parameter, submit a list of the following: ParameterName, ParameterValue, and ApplyMethod. A maximum of 20 parameters can be modified in a single request.

For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Changes to dynamic parameters are applied immediately. Changes to static parameters require a reboot without failover to the DB cluster associated with the parameter group before the change can take effect.

After you create a DB cluster parameter group, you should wait at least 5 minutes before creating your first DB cluster that uses that DB cluster parameter group as the default parameter group. This allows Amazon RDS to fully complete the create action before the parameter group is used as the default for a new DB cluster. This is especially important for parameters that are critical when creating the default database for a DB cluster, such as the character set for the default database defined by the character_set_database parameter. You can use the Parameter Groups option of the Amazon RDS console or the DescribeDBClusterParameters command to verify that your DB cluster parameter group has been created or modified.

Public Method ModifyDBInstance(ModifyDBInstanceRequest) Modify settings for a DB instance. You can change one or more database configuration parameters by specifying these parameters and the new values in the request.
Public Method ModifyDBParameterGroup(ModifyDBParameterGroupRequest) Modifies the parameters of a DB parameter group. To modify more than one parameter, submit a list of the following: ParameterName, ParameterValue, and ApplyMethod. A maximum of 20 parameters can be modified in a single request.

Changes to dynamic parameters are applied immediately. Changes to static parameters require a reboot without failover to the DB instance associated with the parameter group before the change can take effect.

After you modify a DB parameter group, you should wait at least 5 minutes before creating your first DB instance that uses that DB parameter group as the default parameter group. This allows Amazon RDS to fully complete the modify action before the parameter group is used as the default for a new DB instance. This is especially important for parameters that are critical when creating the default database for a DB instance, such as the character set for the default database defined by the character_set_database parameter. You can use the Parameter Groups option of the Amazon RDS console or the DescribeDBParameters command to verify that your DB parameter group has been created or modified.

Public Method ModifyDBSnapshotAttribute(ModifyDBSnapshotAttributeRequest) Adds an attribute and values to, or removes an attribute and values from a manual DB snapshot.

To share a manual DB snapshot with other AWS accounts, specify restore as the AttributeName and use the ValuesToAdd parameter to add a list of the AWS account ids that are authorized to retore the manual DB snapshot. Uses the value all to make the manual DB snapshot public and can by copied or restored by all AWS accounts. Do not add the all value for any manual DB snapshots that contain private information that you do not want to be available to all AWS accounts.

To view which AWS accounts have access to copy or restore a manual DB snapshot, or whether a manual DB snapshot public or private, use the DescribeDBSnapshotAttributes API.

If the manual DB snapshot is encrypted, it cannot be shared.

Public Method ModifyDBSubnetGroup(ModifyDBSubnetGroupRequest) Modifies an existing DB subnet group. DB subnet groups must contain at least one subnet in at least two AZs in the region.
Public Method ModifyEventSubscription(ModifyEventSubscriptionRequest) Modifies an existing RDS event notification subscription. Note that you cannot modify the source identifiers using this call; to change source identifiers for a subscription, use the AddSourceIdentifierToSubscription and RemoveSourceIdentifierFromSubscription calls.

You can see a list of the event categories for a given SourceType in the Events topic in the Amazon RDS User Guide or by using the DescribeEventCategories action.

Public Method ModifyOptionGroup(ModifyOptionGroupRequest) Modifies an existing option group.
Public Method PromoteReadReplica(PromoteReadReplicaRequest) Promotes a Read Replica DB instance to a standalone DB instance.

We recommend that you enable automated backups on your Read Replica before promoting the Read Replica. This ensures that no backup is taken during the promotion process. Once the instance is promoted to a primary instance, backups are taken based on your backup settings.

Public Method PurchaseReservedDBInstancesOffering(PurchaseReservedDBInstancesOfferingRequest) Purchases a reserved DB instance offering.
Public Method RebootDBInstance(RebootDBInstanceRequest) Rebooting a DB instance restarts the database engine service. A reboot also applies to the DB instance any modifications to the associated DB parameter group that were pending. Rebooting a DB instance results in a momentary outage of the instance, during which the DB instance status is set to rebooting. If the RDS instance is configured for MultiAZ, it is possible that the reboot will be conducted through a failover. An Amazon RDS event is created when the reboot is completed.

If your DB instance is deployed in multiple Availability Zones, you can force a failover from one AZ to the other during the reboot. You might force a failover to test the availability of your DB instance deployment or to restore operations to the original AZ after a failover occurs.

The time required to reboot is a function of the specific database engine's crash recovery process. To improve the reboot time, we recommend that you reduce database activities as much as possible during the reboot process to reduce rollback activity for in-transit transactions.

Public Method RemoveSourceIdentifierFromSubscription(RemoveSourceIdentifierFromSubscriptionRequest) Removes a source identifier from an existing RDS event notification subscription.
Public Method RemoveTagsFromResource(RemoveTagsFromResourceRequest) Removes metadata tags from an Amazon RDS resource.

For an overview on tagging an Amazon RDS resource, see Tagging Amazon RDS Resources.

Public Method ResetDBClusterParameterGroup(ResetDBClusterParameterGroupRequest) Modifies the parameters of a DB cluster parameter group to the default value. To reset specific parameters submit a list of the following: ParameterName and ApplyMethod. To reset the entire DB cluster parameter group, specify the DBClusterParameterGroupName and ResetAllParameters parameters.

When resetting the entire group, dynamic parameters are updated immediately and static parameters are set to pending-reboot to take effect on the next DB instance restart or RebootDBInstance request. You must call RebootDBInstance for every DB instance in your DB cluster that you want the updated static parameter to apply to.

For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Public Method ResetDBParameterGroup(ResetDBParameterGroupRequest) Modifies the parameters of a DB parameter group to the engine/system default value. To reset specific parameters submit a list of the following: ParameterName and ApplyMethod. To reset the entire DB parameter group, specify the DBParameterGroup name and ResetAllParameters parameters. When resetting the entire group, dynamic parameters are updated immediately and static parameters are set to pending-reboot to take effect on the next DB instance restart or RebootDBInstance request.
Public Method RestoreDBClusterFromSnapshot(RestoreDBClusterFromSnapshotRequest) Creates a new DB cluster from a DB cluster snapshot. The target DB cluster is created from the source DB cluster restore point with the same configuration as the original source DB cluster, except that the new DB cluster is created with the default security group.

For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Public Method RestoreDBClusterToPointInTime(RestoreDBClusterToPointInTimeRequest) Restores a DB cluster to an arbitrary point in time. Users can restore to any point in time before LatestRestorableTime for up to BackupRetentionPeriod days. The target DB cluster is created from the source DB cluster with the same configuration as the original DB cluster, except that the new DB cluster is created with the default DB security group.

For more information on Amazon Aurora, see Aurora on Amazon RDS in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Public Method RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot(RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshotRequest) Creates a new DB instance from a DB snapshot. The target database is created from the source database restore point with the most of original configuration with the default security group and the default DB parameter group. By default, the new DB instance is created as a single-AZ deployment except when the instance is a SQL Server instance that has an option group that is associated with mirroring; in this case, the instance becomes a mirrored AZ deployment and not a single-AZ deployment.

If your intent is to replace your original DB instance with the new, restored DB instance, then rename your original DB instance before you call the RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot action. RDS does not allow two DB instances with the same name. Once you have renamed your original DB instance with a different identifier, then you can pass the original name of the DB instance as the DBInstanceIdentifier in the call to the RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot action. The result is that you will replace the original DB instance with the DB instance created from the snapshot.

If you are restoring from a shared manual DB snapshot, the DBSnapshotIdentifier must be the ARN of the shared DB snapshot.

Public Method RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime(RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTimeRequest) Restores a DB instance to an arbitrary point in time. You can restore to any point in time before the time identified by the LatestRestorableTime property. You can restore to a point up to the number of days specified by the BackupRetentionPeriod property.

The target database is created with most of the original configuration, but in a system-selected availability zone, with the default security group, the default subnet group, and the default DB parameter group. By default, the new DB instance is created as a single-AZ deployment except when the instance is a SQL Server instance that has an option group that is associated with mirroring; in this case, the instance becomes a mirrored deployment and not a single-AZ deployment.

Public Method RevokeDBSecurityGroupIngress(RevokeDBSecurityGroupIngressRequest) Revokes ingress from a DBSecurityGroup for previously authorized IP ranges or EC2 or VPC Security Groups. Required parameters for this API are one of CIDRIP, EC2SecurityGroupId for VPC, or (EC2SecurityGroupOwnerId and either EC2SecurityGroupName or EC2SecurityGroupId).

Events

NameDescription
Event AfterResponseEvent Inherited from Amazon.Runtime.AmazonServiceClient.
Event BeforeRequestEvent Inherited from Amazon.Runtime.AmazonServiceClient.
Event ExceptionEvent Inherited from Amazon.Runtime.AmazonServiceClient.

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