Call the DescribeBackupPolicy API to query the backup policy.

Request type

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Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required?	Example	Description
InstanceId	String	Yes	postgres-ca7b7019****	Instance ID.

Response parameter

Parameter	Type	Example	Description
BackupRetentionPeriod	Integer	7	Backup retention days. Value range: 7-365.
DataIncrBackupPeriods	String	Tuesday,Thursday	Backup frequency when the backup method is normal frequency. Separate multiple values with commas (,). Values: Monday: Monday Tuesday: Tuesday Wednesday: Wednesday Thursday: Thursday Friday: Friday Saturday: Saturday Sunday: Sunday tip This field is not returned if incremental backup is not enabled on the instance.
FullBackupTime	String	02:00Z-03:00Z	The time to execute the backup task. Format: HH:mmZ-HH:mmZ (UTC time).
FullBackupPeriod	String	Monday,Wednesday,Friday,Sunday	Full backup cycle. At least one day must be specified per week. Separate multiple values with commas (,). Values: Monday: Monday. Tuesday: Tuesday. Wednesday: Wednesday. Thursday: Thursday. Friday: Friday. Saturday: Saturday. Sunday: Sunday.
HourlyIncrBackupEnable	Boolean	false	Specifies whether to enable high-frequency backup. Value: true: yes. false: no.
IncrementBackupFrequency	Integer	2	Backup frequency when the incremental backup method is high-frequency. Values can be 1, 2, 4, 6 or 12. Unit: hours. tip This parameter is valid only when HourlyIncrBackupEnable is true.
InstanceId	String	postgres-ca7b7019****	Instance ID.
WALLogSpaceLimitEnable	Boolean	false	Local remaining available space protection state. After enabling this feature, the instance automatically clears the earliest local WAL log when the total storage space usage exceeds 80% or the remaining space is less than 5GB, until usage drops below 80% and the remaining space exceeds 5GB. value range: true: enable. false: disabled.

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