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restoring DynamoDB table from AWS Backup


I am using AWS Backup to back up some DynamoDB tables. Using the AWS Backup console to restore the back-ups I am prompted to restore to a new table. This works fine but my tables are deployed using CloudFormation, so I need the restored data in the existing table.

What is the process to get the restored data into the existing table? It looks like there are some third-party tools to copy data between tables but I'm looking for something within AWS itself.


Solution

  • At this time, AWS has no direct way to do this (though it looks like you can export to some service, then import from that service into an existing table).

    I ended up writing my own code to do this.