Howtoforge published a tutorial explaining how to take and restore a snapshot on AWS RDS MySQL Instance.
How to take and restore a snapshot on AWS RDS MySQL Instance
In this article, we will see the steps to create a snapshot of the existing RDS MySql Instance. Creating a snapshot of the RDS instance makes a complete copy of the entire DB instance and not just the individual database. It creates a storage volume snapshot of the DB instance. The time required to take a snapshot of the RDS instance varies with the size of the databases.
How to take and restore a snapshot on AWS RDS MySQL Instance
