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Remediation

Set Backup Retention to at Least 7 Days​

Update the affected cluster configuration to retain automated backups for at least 7 days.

From Command Line​

Amazon RDS DB Clusters​

Use the following AWS CLI command for Aurora DB clusters and RDS Multi-AZ MySQL or PostgreSQL DB clusters:

aws rds modify-db-cluster \
    --db-cluster-identifier {{db-cluster-id}} \
    --backup-retention-period 7 \
    --apply-immediately

Amazon DocumentDB Clusters​

aws docdb modify-db-cluster \
    --db-cluster-identifier {{db-cluster-id}} \
    --backup-retention-period 7 \
    --apply-immediately

Amazon Neptune DB Clusters​

aws neptune modify-db-cluster \
    --db-cluster-identifier {{db-cluster-id}} \
    --backup-retention-period 7 \
    --apply-immediately

Use a higher value if your organization's backup policy requires a longer recovery window. If you prefer to defer the change until the next maintenance window, replace --apply-immediately with --no-apply-immediately where supported by the service.