Backups in Managed Service for OpenSearch
Managed Service for OpenSearch supports automatic and manual index backups.
A backup is automatically created once in 24 hours and stored for 7 days. You cannot disable automatic backups or change the retention period.
To restore a cluster from a backup, follow this guide.
Creating backups
You can create backups both automatically and manually. After a backup is created, it is compressed for storage. The exact backup size is not displayed.
Backups are only created on running clusters.
For more information about creating a backup manually, see Managing backups.
Storing backups
Storing backups in Managed Service for OpenSearch:
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Backups are stored in object storage as binaries.
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All backups (automatic or manual) are stored for seven days.
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Backup storage is not subject to quotas or limits for cluster storage space.
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Backups are stored in object storage and do not take up space in cluster storage. If there are N free GB of space in the cluster, the storage of the first N GB of backups is free of charge.
For more information, see the Managed Service for OpenSearch pricing policy.
Checking backup recovery
To test how backup works, restore a cluster from a backup and check the integrity of your data.