# Restoring from a Multi-AZ DB cluster snapshot to a DB instance
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A *Multi-AZ DB cluster snapshot* is a storage volume snapshot of your DB cluster, backing up the entire DB cluster and not just individual databases. You can restore a Multi-AZ DB cluster snapshot to a Single-AZ deployment or Multi-AZ DB instance deployment. For information about Multi-AZ deployments, see [Configuring and managing a Multi-AZ deployment for Amazon RDS](Concepts.MultiAZ.md).

**Note**  
You can also restore a Multi-AZ DB cluster snapshot to a new Multi-AZ DB cluster. For instructions, see [Restoring from a snapshot to a Multi-AZ DB cluster](USER_RestoreFromMultiAZDBClusterSnapshot.Restoring.md).

For information about restoring a Multi-AZ DB cluster with an RDS Extended Support version, see [Restoring a DB instance or a Multi-AZ DB cluster with Amazon RDS Extended Support](extended-support-restoring-db-instance.md).

Use the AWS Management Console, the AWS CLI, or the RDS API to restore a Multi-AZ DB cluster snapshot to a Single-AZ deployment or Multi-AZ DB instance deployment.

## Console
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**To restore a Multi-AZ DB cluster snapshot to a Single-AZ deployment or Multi-AZ DB instance deployment**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Snapshots**.

1. Choose the Multi-AZ DB cluster snapshot that you want to restore from.

1. For **Actions**, choose **Restore snapshot**.

1. On the **Restore snapshot** page, in **Availability and durability**, choose one of the following:
   + **Single DB instance** – Restores the snapshot to one DB instance with no standby DB instance.
   + **Multi-AZ DB instance** – Restores the snapshot to a Multi-AZ DB instance deployment with one primary DB instance and one standby DB instance.

1. For **DB instance identifier**, enter the name for your restored DB instance.

1. For the remaining sections, specify your DB instance settings. For information about each setting, see [Settings for DB instances](USER_CreateDBInstance.Settings.md).

1. Choose **Restore DB instance**.

## AWS CLI
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To restore a Multi-AZ DB cluster snapshot to a DB instance deployment, use the AWS CLI command [restore-db-instance-from-db-snapshot](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/rds/restore-db-instance-from-db-snapshot.html).

In the following example, you restore from a previously created Multi-AZ DB cluster snapshot named `myclustersnapshot`. You restore to a new Multi-AZ DB instance deployment with a primary DB instance named `mynewdbinstance`. For the `--db-cluster-snapshot-identifier` option, specify the name of the Multi-AZ DB cluster snapshot.

For the `--db-instance-class` option, specify the DB instance class for the new DB instance deployment. For more information about DB instance classes, see [DB instance classes](Concepts.DBInstanceClass.md).

You can also specify other options.

**Example**  
For Linux, macOS, or Unix:  

```
1. aws rds restore-db-instance-from-db-snapshot \
2.     --db-instance-identifier {{mynewdbinstance}} \
3.     --db-cluster-snapshot-identifier {{myclustersnapshot}} \
4.     --engine mysql \
5.     --multi-az \
6.     --db-instance-class {{db.r6g.xlarge}}
```
For Windows:  

```
1. aws rds restore-db-instance-from-db-snapshot ^
2.     --db-instance-identifier {{mynewdbinstance}} ^
3.     --db-cluster-snapshot-identifier {{myclustersnapshot}} ^
4.     --engine mysql ^
5.     --multi-az ^
6.     --db-instance-class {{db.r6g.xlarge}}
```

After you restore the DB instance, you can add it to the security group associated with the Multi-AZ DB cluster that you used to create the snapshot, if applicable. Completing this action provides the same functions of the previous Multi-AZ DB cluster.

## RDS API
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To restore a Multi-AZ DB cluster snapshot to a DB instance deployment, call the RDS API operation [RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot.html) with the following parameters:
+ `DBInstanceIdentifier` 
+ `DBClusterSnapshotIdentifier` 
+ `Engine` 

You can also specify other optional parameters.

After you restore the DB instance, you can add it to the security group associated with the Multi-AZ DB cluster that you used to create the snapshot, if applicable. Completing this action provides the same functions of the previous Multi-AZ DB cluster.