Disabling backtracking for an Aurora MySQL DB cluster

To disable the Backtrack feature for a DB cluster using the console

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

2. Choose Databases.

3. Choose the cluster you want to modify, and choose Modify.

4. In the Backtrack section, choose Disable Backtrack.

5. Choose Continue.

6. For Scheduling of Modifications, choose one of the following:

   • Apply during the next scheduled maintenance window – Wait to apply the modification until the next maintenance window.

   • Apply immediately – Apply the modification as soon as possible.

7. Choose Modify Cluster.

To modify the target backtrack window for a DB cluster using the AWS CLI

• Call the modify-db-cluster AWS CLI command and supply the following values:

  • --db-cluster-identifier – The name of the DB cluster.

  • --backtrack-window – specify 0 to turn off backtracking.

  The following example disables the Backtrack feature for the sample-cluster by setting --backtrack-window to 0.

  For Linux, macOS, or Unix:

  
  aws rds modify-db-cluster \
      --db-cluster-identifier sample-cluster \
      --backtrack-window 0
  

  For Windows:

  
  aws rds modify-db-cluster ^
      --db-cluster-identifier sample-cluster ^
      --backtrack-window 0