**To restore a DB instance from a DB snapshot** This example creates a new DB instance (*restored-test-instance*) from an existing DB snapshot (*test-instance-snap*):: aws rds restore-db-instance-from-db-snapshot \ --db-instance-identifier restored-test-instance \ --db-snapshot-identifier test-instance-snap Output:: { "DBInstance": { <...output omitted...> "DBInstanceArn": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:restored-test-instance", <...output omitted...> "DBInstanceStatus": "creating", }