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This course explores the different strategies that are available for when you need to both back up and restore your AWS databases across Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Amazon DynamoDB. During this course, you will learn about the different backup features that are available in Amazon RDS and DynamoDB, how to identify the differences between them, and when you should use one over the other. The course also explains how to copy and share RDS snapshots across regions and AWS accounts.
The concepts covered in this course are complemented with guided demonstrations from the AWS platform, to ensure you get a real-world understanding of them. If you have any feedback relating to this course, feel free to get in touch with us at support@cloudacademy.com.
Learning Objectives
- Introduce you to the different backup features that are available in Amazon RDS and DynamoDB
- Identify the differences between the different backup features and when you should use one over the other
- Explain how to copy and share RDS snapshots across regions and AWS accounts
Intended Audience
This course has been designed for those who are responsible for maintaining AWS database solutions at an operational level. It is also suitable for anyone looking to take the AWS Certified Database Specialty certification.
Prerequisites
To get the most out of this course, you should be familiar with Amazon RDS and Amazon DynamoDB at a foundational level. For more information on these databases, please see our existing course here.
Hello and welcome to this course where I will be looking at the different strategies that are available for when you need to both backup and restore your AWS databases across Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Amazon DynamoDB
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This course has been designed for those who are responsible for maintaining AWS database solutions at an operational level. It is also suitable for anyone looking to take the AWS certified database specialty certification.
The objectives of this course are to:
- Introduce you to the different backup features that are available in Amazon RDS and DynamoDB
- Identify the differences between the different backup features and when you should use one over the other
- Explain how to copy and share RDS snapshots across regions and AWS accounts
As a prerequisite of this course, you should be familiar with Amazon RDS and Amazon DynamoDB at a foundational level. For more information on these databases, please see our existing course here.
You should also have an understanding of the AWS global infrastructure, such as Regions and availability zones. For more information on this topic, please see the following blog post: https://cloudacademy.com/blog/aws-global-infrastructure/
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Lectures
RDS Backup Capabilities - Restoring an RDS Database - Copying & Sharing RDS Snapshots - Amazon DynamoDB Backup Capabilities - Restoring an Amazon DynamoDB Database - Course Summary
Stuart has been working within the IT industry for two decades covering a huge range of topic areas and technologies, from data center and network infrastructure design, to cloud architecture and implementation.
To date, Stuart has created 150+ courses relating to Cloud reaching over 180,000 students, mostly within the AWS category and with a heavy focus on security and compliance.
Stuart is a member of the AWS Community Builders Program for his contributions towards AWS.
He is AWS certified and accredited in addition to being a published author covering topics across the AWS landscape.
In January 2016 Stuart was awarded ‘Expert of the Year Award 2015’ from Experts Exchange for his knowledge share within cloud services to the community.
Stuart enjoys writing about cloud technologies and you will find many of his articles within our blog pages.