# Nodetool backup

**backup** - Copy SSTables from a specified keyspace’s snapshot to a designated bucket in object storage

## Syntax

```console
nodetool [(-h <host> | --host <host>)] [(-p <port> | --port <port>)]
            --keyspace <keyspace> [--snapshot <snapshot>]
            --endpoint <endpoint> --bucket <bucket>
            [--nowait]
```

## Options

* `-h <host>` or `--host <host>` - Node hostname or IP address.
* `--keyspace` - Name of a keyspace to copy SSTables from
* `--snapshot` - Name of a snapshot to copy sstables from
* `--endpoint` - ID of the configured object storage endpoint to copy SSTables to
* `--bucket` - Name of the bucket to backup SSTables to
* `--nowait` - Don’t wait on the backup process

[Nodetool Reference](https://opensource.docs.scylladb.com/stable/operating-scylla/nodetool.md)