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ApsaraDB RDS:DescribeBackupPolicy

Last Updated:Oct 29, 2026

Queries the backup settings of an ApsaraDB RDS instance.

Operation description

Applicable engines

  • ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL

  • ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL

  • ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server

  • ApsaraDB RDS for MariaDB

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

rds:DescribeBackupPolicy

get

*DBInstance

acs:rds:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:dbinstance/{#dbinstanceId}

  • rds:ResourceTag
  • rds:ResourceTag
  • rds:ResourceTag
  • rds:ResourceTag
None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

DBInstanceId

string

Yes

The instance ID. You can call the DescribeDBInstances operation to obtain the ID.

rm-uf6wjk5****

BackupPolicyMode

string

No

The backup type. Valid values:

  • DataBackupPolicy: Data backup.

  • LogBackupPolicy: Log backup.

DataBackupPolicy

CompressType

string

No

The backup compression method. Valid values:

  • 0: No compression.

  • 1: zlib compression.

  • 2: Parallel zlib compression.

  • 4: quicklz compression with database and table restoration enabled.

  • 8: quicklz compression without database and table restoration supported.

1

ReleasedKeepPolicy

string

No

The data retention policy for archived backups of a deleted MySQL instance. Valid values:

  • None: Do not retain.

  • Lastest: Retain the last one.

  • All: Retain all.

Lastest

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response parameters.

ArchiveBackupKeepCount

string

The number of archived backups retained for a MySQL instance.

1

ArchiveBackupKeepPolicy

string

The retention period of archived backups for a MySQL instance.

ByMonth

ArchiveBackupRetentionPeriod

string

The number of days for which archived backups are retained for a MySQL instance.

365

BackupInterval

string

The backup interval. Unit: minutes.

  • For a MySQL instance, this parameter indicates the snapshot backup frequency rather than the snapshot backup cycle.

  • For an SQL Server instance, this parameter indicates the log backup frequency.

30

BackupLog

string

Indicates whether log backup is enabled. Valid values:

  • Enable: Yes.

  • Disabled: No.

For an SQL Server instance:

  • Enable is returned only when instance log backup frequency is Every 5 Minutes.

  • Disabled is returned when instance log backup frequency is Every 30 Minutes or Same as Data Backup. Refer to the value of BackupInterval.

Enable

BackupMethod

string

The backup method for an SQL Server instance with cloud disks. Valid values:

  • Physical: Physical backup.

  • Snapshot: Snapshot backup.

Physical

BackupPriority

integer

The secondary node backup setting for an SQL Server Enterprise Cluster Edition instance. Valid values:

  • 1: Prefer secondary node.

  • 2: Force primary node.

Note

This parameter is returned only when SupportModifyBackupPriority is set to True.

2

BackupRetentionPeriod

integer

The number of days for which data backups are retained.

7

Category

string

Indicates whether backup within seconds is enabled for MySQL and PostgreSQL instances. Valid values:

  • Flash: Enabled.

  • Standard: Disabled.

Note

This parameter takes effect only when the BackupPolicyMode parameter is set to DataBackupPolicy.

Standard

CompressType

string

The backup compression method. Valid values:

  • 0: No compression.

  • 1: zlib compression.

  • 2: Parallel zlib compression.

  • 4: quicklz compression with database and table restoration enabled.

  • 8: quicklz compression without database and table restoration supported.

1

EnableBackupLog

string

Indicates whether log backup is enabled. Valid values:

  • 1: Enabled.

  • 0: Disabled.

For an SQL Server instance:

  • 1 is returned only when instance log backup frequency is Every 5 Minutes.

  • 0 is returned when instance log backup frequency is Every 30 Minutes or Same as Data Backup. Refer to the value of BackupInterval.

1

EnableIncrementDataBackup

boolean

Indicates whether incremental backup is enabled for an SQL Server instance. Valid values:

  • True: Yes.

  • False: No.

True

IncBackupInterval

integer

The interval for high-frequency incremental backups. Unit: minutes. Valid values: 60, 120, 240, 360, and 720.

120

EnablePitrProtection

boolean

Indicates whether point-in-time recovery (PITR) is enabled for a MySQL instance. PITR is an upgraded version of log backup. Valid values:

  • True: Yes.

  • False: No.

Note

For more information, see Configure a point-in-time recovery policy.

True

HighSpaceUsageProtection

string

Indicates whether binary logs are forcibly deleted when the storage usage of a MySQL instance exceeds 80% or the remaining storage is less than 5 GB. Valid values:

  • Disable: No.

  • Enable: Yes.

Enable

LocalLogRetentionHours

integer

The number of hours for which local binary log backups are retained for a MySQL instance.

0

LocalLogRetentionSpace

string

The maximum storage usage allowed for local binary logs of a MySQL instance.

30

LogBackupFrequency

string

The log backup frequency for an SQL Server instance. Valid values:

  • LogInterval: Every 30 minutes.

  • Default value: Same as the data backup cycle specified by PreferredBackupPeriod.

LogInterval

LogBackupLocalRetentionNumber

integer

The number of local binary logs retained for a MySQL instance.

60

LogBackupRetentionPeriod

integer

The number of days for which log backups are retained.

7

PitrRetentionPeriod

integer

The number of days for which point-in-time recovery is available for a MySQL instance.

7

PreferredBackupPeriod

string

The data backup cycle. Separate multiple values with commas (,). Valid values:

  • Monday: Monday.

  • Tuesday: Tuesday.

  • Wednesday: Wednesday.

  • Thursday: Thursday.

  • Friday: Friday.

  • Saturday: Saturday.

  • Sunday: Sunday.

Monday,Wednesday,Friday,Sunday

PreferredBackupTime

string

The data backup time. Format: HH:mmZ-HH:mmZ (UTC).

15:00Z-16:00Z

PreferredNextBackupTime

string

The time of the next backup. Format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mmZ (UTC).

2018-01-19T15:15Z

ReleasedKeepPolicy

string

The data retention policy for archived backups of a deleted MySQL instance. Valid values:

  • None: Do not retain.

  • Lastest: Retain the last one.

  • All: Retain all.

None

RequestId

string

The request ID.

B87E2AB3-B7C9-4394-9160-7F639F732031

SupportModifyBackupPriority

boolean

Indicates whether the secondary node backup option can be modified for an SQL Server instance. Valid values:

  • True: Yes.

  • False: No.

False

SupportReleasedKeep

integer

A reserved parameter.

0

SupportVolumeShadowCopy

integer

Indicates whether snapshot backup is supported for an SQL Server instance. Valid values:

  • 1: Yes.

  • 0: No.

1

SupportsHighFrequencyBackup

integer

Indicates whether the 5-minute log backup feature is supported for an SQL Server instance. Valid values:

  • 0: Not supported.

  • 1: Supported.

0

AdvancedDataPolicies

object

AdvancedDataPolicy

array<object>

The list of advanced data backup policies.

object

StrategyId

string

The ID of the sub-backup policy.

2e4uh8kymrvssa03cfz6ja4jx

ActionType

string

The operation on this sub-policy. The current version does not return a valid value for this field. Do not rely on this field for business logic.

null

OnlyPreserveOneEachHour

boolean

Indicates whether only one data backup is retained per hour.

false

RetentionValue

integer

The number of days for which data backups are retained. This parameter is valid only when RetentionType is set to delay.

365

BakType

string

The backup type. Valid values:

  • F: Full backup.

  • L: Log backup (used for SQL Server).

F

FilterKey

string

The filter option. Valid values:

  • backupInterval: Fixed interval.

  • dayOfWeek: Fixed weekly backup.

dayOfWeek

FilterValue

string

The filter condition value for data backups. If the filter option is crontab, enter a cron expression.

  • If FilterKey is set to backupInterval, it indicates a backup every x minutes.

  • If FilterKey is set to dayOfWeek, it indicates a backup on a specific day of the week.

0 2 * * 1-5

DestType

string

The type of the destination storage pool.

level1

FilterType

string

The filter type. Valid values:

  • crontab: Periodic backup.

crontab

SrcRegion

string

The region ID of the source region for data backups.

cn-beijing

OnlyPreserveOneEachDay

boolean

Indicates whether only one data backup is retained per day.

false

SrcType

string

The type of the source storage pool.

db

DestRegion

string

The region ID of the destination region for data backups.

ap-northeast-1

RetentionType

string

The retention type. Valid values:

  • delay: Fixed retention period.

  • never: Long-term retention (LTR).

delay

AdvancedLogPolicies

object

AdvancedLogPolicy

array<object>

The list of advanced log backup policies.

object

StrategyId

string

The ID of the sub-backup policy.

2e4uh8kymrvssa03cfz6ja4jx

ActionType

string

The operation on this sub-policy. The current version does not return a valid value for this field. Do not rely on this field for business logic.

null

LogRetentionType

string

The retention type. Valid values:

  • delay: Fixed retention period.

  • never: Long-term retention (LTR).

delay

DestType

string

The type of the destination storage pool. Valid values:

  • level2Cross: Cross-region backup.

  • level2: Same-region backup.

level1

EnableLogBackup

integer

The flag that indicates whether log backup is enabled. The value is an integer.

1

SrcType

string

The type of the source storage pool.

db

SrcRegion

string

The region ID of the source region for log backups.

cn-beijing

LogRetentionValue

integer

The number of days for which logs are retained. This parameter is valid only when LogRetentionType is set to delay.

7

DestRegion

string

The region ID of the destination region for log backups.

ap-northeast-1

FilterKey

string

The filter option. Valid values:

  • backupInterval: Fixed interval.

  • dayOfWeek: Fixed weekly backup.

dayOfWeek

FilterValue

string

The filter condition value for log backups. If the filter option is crontab, enter a cron expression.

  • If FilterKey is set to backupInterval, it indicates a backup every x minutes.

  • If FilterKey is set to dayOfWeek, it indicates a backup on a specific day of the week.

0 2 * * 1-5

AdvancedBackupPolicyEnabled

boolean

Indicates whether the advanced backup policy is enabled.

false

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "ArchiveBackupKeepCount": "1",
  "ArchiveBackupKeepPolicy": "ByMonth",
  "ArchiveBackupRetentionPeriod": "365",
  "BackupInterval": "30",
  "BackupLog": "Enable",
  "BackupMethod": "Physical",
  "BackupPriority": 2,
  "BackupRetentionPeriod": 7,
  "Category": "Standard",
  "CompressType": "1",
  "EnableBackupLog": "1",
  "EnableIncrementDataBackup": true,
  "IncBackupInterval": 120,
  "EnablePitrProtection": true,
  "HighSpaceUsageProtection": "Enable",
  "LocalLogRetentionHours": 0,
  "LocalLogRetentionSpace": "30",
  "LogBackupFrequency": "LogInterval",
  "LogBackupLocalRetentionNumber": 60,
  "LogBackupRetentionPeriod": 7,
  "PitrRetentionPeriod": 7,
  "PreferredBackupPeriod": "Monday,Wednesday,Friday,Sunday",
  "PreferredBackupTime": "15:00Z-16:00Z",
  "PreferredNextBackupTime": "2018-01-19T15:15Z",
  "ReleasedKeepPolicy": "None",
  "RequestId": "B87E2AB3-B7C9-4394-9160-7F639F732031",
  "SupportModifyBackupPriority": true,
  "SupportReleasedKeep": 0,
  "SupportVolumeShadowCopy": 1,
  "SupportsHighFrequencyBackup": 0,
  "AdvancedDataPolicies": {
    "AdvancedDataPolicy": [
      {
        "StrategyId": "2e4uh8kymrvssa03cfz6ja4jx",
        "ActionType": "null",
        "OnlyPreserveOneEachHour": false,
        "RetentionValue": 365,
        "BakType": "F",
        "FilterKey": "dayOfWeek ",
        "FilterValue": "0 2 * * 1-5",
        "DestType": "level1",
        "FilterType": "crontab",
        "SrcRegion": "cn-beijing",
        "OnlyPreserveOneEachDay": false,
        "SrcType": "db",
        "DestRegion": "ap-northeast-1",
        "RetentionType": "delay\n"
      }
    ]
  },
  "AdvancedLogPolicies": {
    "AdvancedLogPolicy": [
      {
        "StrategyId": "2e4uh8kymrvssa03cfz6ja4jx",
        "ActionType": "null",
        "LogRetentionType": "delay",
        "DestType": "level1",
        "EnableLogBackup": 1,
        "SrcType": "db",
        "SrcRegion": "cn-beijing",
        "LogRetentionValue": 7,
        "DestRegion": "ap-northeast-1",
        "FilterKey": "dayOfWeek\n",
        "FilterValue": "0 2 * * 1-5"
      }
    ]
  },
  "AdvancedBackupPolicyEnabled": false
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 IO.Exception IO exception, retry later. An I/O error occurred.
400 InternalFailure Internal failure, retry later. The request failed. Please try again later.
400 InvalidParameter.OwnerAccount The specified parameter OwnerAccount is not valid. The operation failed. The value of the OwnerAccount parameter is invalid. Check the value of this parameter.
400 InvalidEngine.Malformed Specified engine is not valid. The database engine is invalid. Specify a valid database engine.
400 Order.ComboInstanceNotAllowOperate A package instance is not allowed to operate independently. A package instance is not allowed to operate independently.
400 Price.PricingPlanResultNotFound Pricing plan price result not found. Pricing plan price result not found.
400 Order.NoRealNameAuthentication You have not passed the real-name authentication and do not meet the purchase conditions. Please log in to the user center for real-name authentication. You have not passed the real-name authentication and do not meet the purchase conditions. Please log in to the cost and cost for real-name authentication.
400 InsufficientAvailableQuota Your account quota limit is less than 0, please recharge before trying to purchase. Your account available limit is less than 0, please recharge before trying to purchase.
400 CommodityServiceCalling.Exception Failed to call commodity service. Failed to call commodity service return.
400 RegionDissolvedEOM Dear customer, Alibaba Cloud plans to optimize and adjust the current region. Cloud services in this region will cease operations. You are currently unable to operate new purchase orders. Thank you for your understanding and support. Hello, Alibaba Cloud plans to optimize and adjust the current region. Cloud services in this region will stop operating. In order to ensure your business continuity and smooth transition of data migration, you are currently unable to operate new purchase orders. Thank you for your understanding and support.
400 Commodity.InvalidComponent The module you purchased is not legal, please buy it again. The module you purchased is not legal, please buy it again.
400 RegionEndTimeDissolvedAustralia Cloud services in the Australia (Sydney) region will be discontinued. Set the validity date to September 30, 2024 or earlier than September 30, 2024. Hello customer, this area has been abolished.
400 Price.CommoditySys Commodity system call exception. Commodity system call exception.
400 Pay.InsufficientBalance Insufficient available balance. Insufficient available balance.
400 Order.PeriodInvalid There is a problem with the period you selected, please choose again. There is a problem with the period you selected, please choose again.
400 pay.noCreditCard Account not bound to credit card. Your account is not linked to a credit card.
400 Order.InstHasUnpaidOrder There is an unpaid order for the service you have purchased. Please pay or void it before placing the order. There is an unpaid order for the service you have purchased. Please pay or void it before placing the order.
400 noAvailablePaymentMethod No payment method is specified for your account. We recommend that you add a payment method. No payment method has been specified for your account. We recommend that you add a payment method.
400 BasicInfoUncompleted Your information is incomplete. Complete your information before the operation. Your basic information is not complete, please complete your basic information before operation.
400 Risk.RiskControlRejection Your account is abnormal, please contact customer service for details. Your account is abnormal, please contact customer service for details.
400 Api.NotSupport Specified api is not supported. The current interface does not support.
400 ContainForbiddenLabelError There is a label that prohibits placing orders. Please contact your distributor for assistance. You cannot place the order because a tag indicates that order placement is prohibited. Contact your distributor.
400 InvalidDBInstanceId.NotFound The DBInstanceId provided does not exist in records. The DBInstanceId provided does not exist.
400 InvalidInstanceLevel.DiskType Specified instance level not support request disk type The current instance type does not support the specified storage type.
400 InvalidParam Sepcified wal level Parameter is invalid. There are still logical slots in instance, so it can not be set as replica. The specified wal_level parameter is invalid. There is still a copy slot in the instance, so it cannot be set to replica.
400 KmsApiError User secret key invalid. The user key is invalid.
400 System.SaleValidateFailed Sales expression validation system error. A system error occurs when the sales expression is verified.
400 Abs.InvalidAccount.NotFound account is not found. The account does not exist.
400 SqlExecuteFailedOrTimeout sql command execution failed or timed out:%s. SQL command execution failed or timed out
400 ColdData.EngineVersionNotSupport The current instance engine version not support coldDataEnabled. The current instance engine version not support coldDataEnabled.
400 ColdData.MinorVersionNotSupport The current instance minor version not support coldDataEnabled. The current instance minor version not support coldDataEnabled.
400 IncorrectTargetClasscode The current instance type does not support this operation. This operation is not supported by the instance type.
400 InvalidConnectionString.Duplicate Specified connection string already exists in the RDS. The link address name is duplicate. Please reset the connection string.
400 RequiredParam.NotFound Required input param is not found. The required parameters are not provided.
400 Parameters.Invalid Parameter error, please check the parameters. Parameter error, please check the parameters.
400 BackupPolicyNotSupport Cold Data won't open with CrossBackup or Flash Backup, please check Backup Policy. Cold Data won't open with CrossBackup or Flash Backup, please check Backup Policy.
400 InvalideStatus.Format The instance status does not support this operation. This operation is not supported in the current instance status.
400 InvalidReleasedKeepPolicy.Format Specified Released Keep Policy is not valid. Specified Released Keep Policy is not valid.
400 InvalidDBInstanceEngineType.Format the DB instance engine type does not support this operation. This operation is not supported for the database engine of the instance.
400 Pay.NoCreditCard No credit cards. No credit cards.
400 VpcNetworkTypeNotSupport The vpc network type instance does not support this operation. The vpc network type instance does not support this operation.
400 MirrorInsExists Specified DB instance mirror ins already existed. Specified DB instance mirror ins already existed.
400 UnsupportedClassCode The specified DB instance class stops selling. The specified DB instance class stops selling.
400 InvalidBackupSet The specified database does not exist in the backup set. The specified database does not exist in the backup set.
400 OrdTCommodityQueryError Failed to query for product. Failed to query product.
400 ProductInstanceReleased The instance has been released. Please check before placing the order. The instance has been released, please verify and place an order.
400 RegionEndTimeDissolvedIndia The region is no longer supported. The region is no longer supported.
500 ExternalFailure The request processing has failed due to external service failure. The request processing has failed due to external service failure.
500 RequestMetaDataFailed The service request failed. Please try again later or contact service personnel. The service request failed. Please try again later or contact service personnel.
500 InvokeProxyFailure The request processing has failed due to service failure of rds api. The request failed to be processed due to an RDS API failure.
403 IncorrectDBInstanceState Current DB instance state does not support this operation. The operation failed because the current instance status does not support this operation. Retry later.
403 OrderStatus.UnPaid The specified db instance has unpaid order. The instance has an unpaid order. Please pay first and try again.
403 InvalidReduceDiskSize The storage capacity after the scale-down must be larger than the used amount. The scale-in target capacity cannot be less than the current storage space usage
403 CloudSSDNotSupport Cloud ssd does not support this operation, please upgrade to essd. This operation is not supported for SSDs. Upgrade to ESSDs.
403 InvalidUserOperatorPermission The user permission does not support this operation. The user is not authorized to perform this operation.
403 InvalidVswitchId Specified conn vswitch id is not valid. The specified VSwitchId is invalid or empty.
403 IncorrectMinorVersion Current engine minor version does not support operations. This operation is not supported for the current minor engine version.
403 OperationDenied.ZoneResource There is no available zone for inventory. There is no available zone for inventory.
403 NotInFlowController Sorry,no permission. Sorry,no permission.
403 InvalidKmsKey Kms key is disabled. The specified KMS key is disabled.
403 InvalidInstanceLevel.Malformed Current DB instance level does not support this operation. The specified database instance type does not support this operation.
404 InvalidDBInstance.NotFound Specified instance does not exist or not support. The RDS instance cannot be found, is deleted, or does not support the operation.
404 InvalidDBInstanceName.NotFound Invalid DBInstanceId NotFound. The instance ID cannot be found.
404 InvalidClusterKms The current instance does not authorized to access the Key Management Service. The instance does not have permissions to access Key Management Service (KMS).
404 Request.NotFound The requested resource is not available. The requested resources are unavailable.
404 HostInfo.NotFound The specified host info is not found. The specified host information does not exist.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.