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Remediation

Enable Automated Backups​

From Command Line​

To enable automated backups for an RDS instance, use the modify-db-instance command. Specify the desired retention period in days (up to 35) and apply the change immediately if appropriate:

aws rds modify-db-instance \
    --db-instance-identifier {{db-instance}} \
    --backup-retention-period 3 \
    --apply-immediately

For Multi-AZ DB clusters, use the modify-db-cluster command instead:

aws rds modify-db-cluster \
    --db-cluster-identifier {{db-cluster}} \
    --backup-retention-period 3 \
    --apply-immediately

You can include either the --apply-immediately flag to apply changes right away, or --no-apply-immediately to defer the update until the next maintenance window.