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content: |
  <DescribeEventCategoriesResponse xmlns="http://rds.amazonaws.com/doc/2013-09-09/">
    <DescribeEventCategoriesResult>
      <EventCategoriesMapList>
        <EventCategoriesMap>
          <SourceType>db-instance</SourceType>
          <EventCategories>
            <EventCategory>maintenance</EventCategory>
            <EventCategory>creation</EventCategory>
            <EventCategory>backup</EventCategory>
            <EventCategory>low storage</EventCategory>
            <EventCategory>configuration change</EventCategory>
            <EventCategory>failover</EventCategory>
            <EventCategory>restoration</EventCategory>
            <EventCategory>availability</EventCategory>
            <EventCategory>deletion</EventCategory>
            <EventCategory>notification</EventCategory>
            <EventCategory>recovery</EventCategory>
            <EventCategory>failure</EventCategory>
          </EventCategories>
        </EventCategoriesMap>
        <EventCategoriesMap>
          <SourceType>db-security-group</SourceType>
          <EventCategories>
            <EventCategory>configuration change</EventCategory>
            <EventCategory>failure</EventCategory>
          </EventCategories>
        </EventCategoriesMap>
        <EventCategoriesMap>
          <SourceType>db-parameter-group</SourceType>
          <EventCategories>
            <EventCategory>configuration change</EventCategory>
          </EventCategories>
        </EventCategoriesMap>
        <EventCategoriesMap>
          <SourceType>db-snapshot</SourceType>
          <EventCategories>
            <EventCategory>creation</EventCategory>
            <EventCategory>restoration</EventCategory>
            <EventCategory>deletion</EventCategory>
          </EventCategories>
        </EventCategoriesMap>
      </EventCategoriesMapList>
    </DescribeEventCategoriesResult>
    <ResponseMetadata>
      <RequestId>aa1184e4-9167-11e2-b6fb-e599bc501f26</RequestId>
    </ResponseMetadata>
  </DescribeEventCategoriesResponse>
headers: []
status: 200