# Database examples

Octopus is great for automating your database deployments, but databases also need routine maintenance, and Runbooks can be used to automate this without creating new deployment releases. 

## Learn more

Typical database tasks could include:

- [Backup SQL database](/docs/runbooks/runbook-examples/databases/backup-mssql-database)
- [Restore SQL database](/docs/runbooks/runbook-examples/databases/restore-mssql-database)
- [Restore SQL database to another environment](/docs/runbooks/runbook-examples/databases/restore-mssql-database-to-environment)
- [Create MySQL database](/docs/runbooks/runbook-examples/databases/create-mysql-database)
- [Create PaaS MySQL database server](/docs/runbooks/runbook-examples/databases/create-mysql-paas-server)
- [Backup MySQL database](/docs/runbooks/runbook-examples/databases/backup-mysql-database)
- [Backup RDS SQL database to S3](/docs/runbooks/runbook-examples/databases/backup-rds-mssql-s3-database)
- [Restore RDS SQL database from S3](/docs/runbooks/runbook-examples/databases/restore-rds-mssql-s3-database)