# Copying an unencrypted DB cluster snapshot by using the AWS CLI or Amazon RDS API
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Use the procedures in the following sections to copy an unencrypted DB cluster snapshot by using the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or Amazon RDS API.

To cancel a copy operation once it is in progress, delete the target DB cluster snapshot identified by `--target-db-cluster-snapshot-identifier` or `TargetDBClusterSnapshotIdentifier` while that DB cluster snapshot is in **copying** status.

## Console
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To copy a DB cluster snapshot using the AWS Management Console, see [Copying a DB cluster snapshot with the AWS Management Console](USER_CopyDBClusterSnapshot.CrossRegion.md).

## AWS CLI
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To copy a DB cluster snapshot, use the AWS CLI [copy-db-cluster-snapshot](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/rds/copy-db-cluster-snapshot.html) command. If you are copying the snapshot to another AWS Region, run the command in the AWS Region to which the snapshot will be copied. 

The following options are used to copy an unencrypted DB cluster snapshot:
+ `--source-db-cluster-snapshot-identifier` – The identifier for the DB cluster snapshot to be copied. If you are copying the snapshot to another AWS Region, this identifier must be in the ARN format for the source AWS Region.
+ `--target-db-cluster-snapshot-identifier` – The identifier for the new copy of the DB cluster snapshot.

The following code creates a copy of DB cluster snapshot `arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:cluster-snapshot:aurora-cluster1-snapshot-20130805` named `myclustersnapshotcopy` in the AWS Region in which the command is run. When the copy is made, all tags on the original snapshot are copied to the snapshot copy.

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

```
aws rds copy-db-cluster-snapshot \
  --source-db-cluster-snapshot-identifier arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:cluster-snapshot:aurora-cluster1-snapshot-20130805 \
  --target-db-cluster-snapshot-identifier myclustersnapshotcopy \
  --copy-tags
```
For Windows:  

```
aws rds copy-db-cluster-snapshot ^
  --source-db-cluster-snapshot-identifier arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:cluster-snapshot:aurora-cluster1-snapshot-20130805 ^
  --target-db-cluster-snapshot-identifier myclustersnapshotcopy ^
  --copy-tags
```

## RDS API
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To copy a DB cluster snapshot, use the Amazon RDS API [CopyDBClusterSnapshot](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_CopyDBClusterSnapshot.html) operation. If you are copying the snapshot to another AWS Region, perform the action in the AWS Region to which the snapshot will be copied. 

The following parameters are used to copy an unencrypted DB cluster snapshot:
+ `SourceDBClusterSnapshotIdentifier` – The identifier for the DB cluster snapshot to be copied. If you are copying the snapshot to another AWS Region, this identifier must be in the ARN format for the source AWS Region.
+ `TargetDBClusterSnapshotIdentifier` – The identifier for the new copy of the DB cluster snapshot.

The following code creates a copy of a snapshot `arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:cluster-snapshot:aurora-cluster1-snapshot-20130805` named `myclustersnapshotcopy` in the US West (N. California) Region. When the copy is made, all tags on the original snapshot are copied to the snapshot copy.

**Example**  

```
https://rds.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/
   ?Action=CopyDBClusterSnapshot
   &CopyTags=true
   &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
   &SignatureVersion=4
   &SourceDBSnapshotIdentifier=arn%3Aaws%3Ards%3Aus-east-1%3A123456789012%3Acluster-snapshot%3Aaurora-cluster1-snapshot-20130805
   &TargetDBSnapshotIdentifier=myclustersnapshotcopy
   &Version=2013-09-09
   &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
   &X-Amz-Credential=AKIADQKE4SARGYLE/20140429/us-west-1/rds/aws4_request
   &X-Amz-Date=20140429T175351Z
   &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date
   &X-Amz-Signature=9164337efa99caf850e874a1cb7ef62f3cea29d0b448b9e0e7c53b288ddffed2
```