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ApsaraDB RDS:CloneDBInstance

Last Updated:May 07, 2026

This API restores historical data to a new clone instance.

Operation description

Applicable engines

  • RDS MySQL

  • RDS PostgreSQL

  • RDS SQL Server

  • RDS MariaDB

Related feature documentation

Important Before using this API, read the relevant feature documentation to understand its prerequisites and impacts.

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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:CloneDBInstance

create

DBInstance

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

  • rds:ResourceTag
None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

ClientToken

string

No

A client-generated token that ensures request idempotence. This prevents duplicate requests. The token must be unique across requests, contain only ASCII characters, and not exceed 64 characters in length.

0c593ea1-3bea-11e9-b96b-88**********

RegionId

string

No

The ID of the region. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query region IDs.

cn-hangzhou

ZoneId

string

No

The ID of the availability zone for the new instance. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query availability zone IDs.

Note

If you do not specify this parameter, the availability zone of the source instance is used.

cn-hangzhou-b

DBInstanceClass

string

No

The instance type of the new instance. For more information, see Instance types.

Note

If you do not specify this parameter, the instance type of the source instance is used.

mysql.n1.micro.1

DBInstanceStorage

integer

No

The storage capacity of the instance. Unit: GB. The value must be in 5 GB increments. For more information, see Instance types.

Note

If you do not specify this parameter, the storage capacity of the source instance is used.

1000

DBInstanceDescription

string

No

The description of the new instance. The description must be 2 to 255 characters long. It must start with a letter or a Chinese character, and can contain letters, digits, Chinese characters, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).

Note

The description cannot start with http:// or https://.

testInstance

DbNames

string

No

The databases to clone from the source instance, specified as a comma-separated list.

test1,test2

PayType

string

Yes

The billing method. Valid values:

Postpaid

InstanceNetworkType

string

No

The network type of the instance. Valid values:

  • VPC: VPC

  • Classic: classic network

Note

If you do not specify this parameter, the network type of the source instance is used.

VPC

DBInstanceId

string

Yes

The ID of the source instance that you want to clone.

rm-uf6wjk5****

BackupId

string

No

The ID of the backup.

You can call the DescribeBackups operation to query a list of backups.

Note

You must specify at least one of BackupId and RestoreTime.

902****

RestoreTime

string

No

The point in time to which you want to restore data. The time must be within the backup retention period. Specify the time in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format (UTC).

Note

You must specify at least one of BackupId and RestoreTime.

2011-06-11T16:00:00Z

VPCId

string

No

The VPC ID.

Note

Make sure that the VPC belongs to the specified region.

vpc-uf6f7l4fg90****

VSwitchId

string

No

The vSwitch ID. The vSwitch must be in the availability zone specified by the ZoneId parameter.

  • This parameter is required if you set InstanceNetworkType to VPC.

  • If you specify ZoneIdSlave1 (the availability zone for the secondary node), you must specify two vSwitch IDs, separated by a comma.

vsw-uf6adz52c2p****

PrivateIpAddress

string

No

The private IP address of the new instance. The IP address must be within the IP address range of the specified vSwitch. If you do not specify this parameter, the system automatically assigns a private IP address based on the specified VPCId and VSwitchId.

172.XX.XX.69

UsedTime

integer

No

The subscription duration. Valid values:

  • If you set Period to Year, the value of UsedTime ranges from 1 to 3.

  • If you set Period to Month, the value of UsedTime ranges from 1 to 9.

Note

This parameter is required if you set PayType to Prepaid.

1

Period

string

No

The unit of the subscription duration specified by the UsedTime parameter. Valid values:

  • Year

  • Month

Note

This parameter is required if you set PayType to Prepaid.

Year

Category

string

No

The instance edition. Valid values:

  • Basic: Basic

  • HighAvailability: High-availability

  • AlwaysOn: Cluster (SQL Server)

  • cluster: Cluster (MySQL)

  • Finance: Enterprise (This edition is available only in the Chinese mainland.)

Serverless instances

  • serverless_basic: Serverless Basic (available only for MySQL and PostgreSQL)

  • serverless_standard: Serverless High-availability for MySQL

  • serverless_ha: Serverless High-availability for SQL Server

Note

If you do not specify this parameter, the new instance is created with the same edition as the source instance.

HighAvailability

ZoneIdSlave1

string

No

The ID of the availability zone for the secondary node. If you set this parameter to the same value as the ZoneId parameter, the instance uses a single-AZ deployment. If you set this parameter to a different value, the instance uses a multi-AZ deployment.

cn-hangzhou-c

ZoneIdSlave2

string

No

The ID of the availability zone for the logger node. If this parameter is set to the same value as the ZoneId parameter, the instance uses a single-AZ deployment. If this parameter is set to a different value, the instance uses a multi-AZ deployment.

cn-hangzhou-d

DBInstanceStorageType

string

No

The storage type of the instance. Valid values:

  • general_essd: Enhanced SSD (ESSD) (recommended)

  • local_ssd: local SSD

  • cloud_ssd: SSD cloud disk

  • cloud_essd: ESSD PL1 cloud disk

  • cloud_essd2: ESSD PL2 cloud disk

  • cloud_essd3: ESSD PL3 cloud disk

Note

Serverless instances support only ESSD PL1 cloud disks and Enhanced SSDs (ESSDs).

general_essd

RestoreTable

string

No

Set this parameter to 1 to restore only specific databases or tables.

1

TableMeta

string

No

The databases and tables to restore, specified as a JSON string. This parameter is required if RestoreTable is set to 1. The value must be in the following format: [{"type":"db","name":"<Source database 1>","newname":"<New database 1>","tables":[{"type":"table","name":"<Source table 1 in database 1>","newname":"<New table 1>"},{"type":"table","name":"<Source table 2 in database 1>","newname":"<New table 2>"}]},{"type":"db","name":"<Source database 2>","newname":"<New database 2>","tables":[{"type":"table","name":"<Source table 1 in database 2>","newname":"<New table 1>"},{"type":"table","name":"<Source table 2 in database 2>","newname":"<New table 2>"}]}]

[{"type":"db","name":"testdb1","newname":"testdb1_new","tables":[{"type":"table","name":"testdb1table1","newname":"testdb1table1_new"}]}]

DedicatedHostGroupId

string

No

The ID of the dedicated cluster.

dhg-7a9****

BackupType

string

No

The backup type. Valid values:

  • FullBackup: full backup

  • IncrementalBackup: incremental backup

FullBackup

DeletionProtection

boolean

No

Specifies whether to enable deletion protection. Valid values:

  • true: Enables deletion protection.

  • false (default): Disables deletion protection.

true

IoAccelerationEnabled

string

No

This parameter applies only when you clone an instance to a Serverless instance.

Note

This parameter is available only in the Chinese mainland.

0

BurstingEnabled

boolean

No

This parameter is deprecated. Do not use it.

false

AutoPay

boolean

No

Specifies whether to enable automatic payment. Valid values:

  • true: Enables automatic payment.

  • false (default): Disables automatic payment.

Note

This parameter is required and must be set to true if you set PayType to Prepaid.

true

CustomExtraInfo

string

No

Specifies whether to enable I/O burst for an Enhanced SSD (ESSD).

  • true: Enable I/O burst.

  • false: Disable I/O burst.

Note

For more information about I/O burst, see What is an Enhanced SSD (ESSD)?.

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The data returned for the request.

DBInstanceId

string

The ID of the new instance.

rm-uf6wjk5****

OrderId

string

The ID of the purchase order.

100789370****

RequestId

string

The unique ID of this request.

1E43AAE0-BEE8-43DA-860D-EAF2****

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "DBInstanceId": "rm-uf6wjk5****",
  "OrderId": "100789370****",
  "RequestId": "1E43AAE0-BEE8-43DA-860D-EAF2****"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 InvalidAvZone.Format Specified AvZone is not valid. The value of the AvZone parameter is invalid. Check the value of this parameter.
400 InvalidAvZone.NotSupport Specified availableArea multiZone does not support in RDS.
400 CannotDecreaseEssdPerfLevel cannot decrease cloud essd performance level. The storage type change failed the verification check. The storage type of an RDS instance that runs SQL Server with standard SSDs or ESSDs cannot be changed to local SSDs.
400 InvalidIPAddress.Conflict IP address conflict.
400 CDDC.AvailableHostsNotEnoughInZone Not enough available hosts are in the target zone.
400 InvalidInstanceLevel.DiskType Specified instance level not support request disk type The current instance type does not support the specified storage type.
400 InvalidRecoveryDbInstance.StorageType The disk local_ssd can not clone to cloud disk type
400 InvalidRecoveryDbInstance.StorageSize The disk space of the new instance cannot be less than that of the current instance The operation failed. The available storage space of the new RDS instance must be greater than or equal to the total size of data stored in the original RDS instance.
400 InvalidDBInstanceClass.Offline The specified instance type is no longer provided. Please specify another instance type. The instance type that you select is no longer available. Select another instance type.
400 InvalidTunnelId Specified conn tunnel is not valid.
400 ZoneId.NotMatchWithCategory The number of available zones does not match the database engine or instance edition. Please reset it.
400 UnsupportExtendDisk.NotSupport Specified DB instance is unsupport extend disk. Disk expansion is not supported on the specified instance.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
400 StopService.Clone The service has been discontinued and cloning operations on classic network instances are no longer permitted. Because the classic network is offline and the service time has expired, you cannot clone an instance of the classic network type.
400 InvalidParam.UsedTime The clone expiration date cannot exceed %s. Because the classic network is offline, the usage time of the cloned classic network instance cannot exceed the limit time.
400 MinorVersionTag.NotFound Minor version tags cannot be parsed by the instance.
400 InvalidBakset.Invalid Specified bakset is not valid.
400 InvalidParamForXfs Xfs instance must be single tenant standard instance. Xfs instance must be single tenant standard instance.
400 AtLeastThreeVSwitchAvailableIp The primary vswitch requires at least three available IP addresses. The master switch requires at least 3 available IPs.
400 AtLeastTwoVSwitchAvailableIp The primary vswitch requires at least two available IP addresses. The master switch requires at least 2 available IPs.
400 DiskSize.NotEnough The disk size is not enough to restore tables.
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 IncorrectMinorVersion Current engine minor version does not support operations. This operation is not supported for the current minor engine version.
403 IncorrectCharacterType Current DB instance character type does not support this operation. This operation is not supported for the character type of the instance.
403 CloudDiskEncryptionNotSupport The encryption key is not allowed for general-purpose instance. Universal instances do not support cloud disk encryption.
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.
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.
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.
403 InvalidInstanceLevel.Malformed Current DB instance level does not support this operation. The specified database instance type does not support this operation.
403 InvalidMeta.TooLarge Meta information is too large. The metadata information is too large. Check whether the number of instance tables exceeds 50000.
404 InvalidDBInstance.NotFound The specified instance does not exist or is not supported. The RDS instance cannot be found. Check the ID or name of the RDS instance.
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.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.