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Nodetool backup¶

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

Syntax¶

nodetool [(-h <host> | --host <host>)] [(-p <port> | --port <port>)] backup
            --keyspace <keyspace> --table <table>
            [--snapshot <snapshot>]
            --endpoint <endpoint> --bucket <bucket> --prefix <prefix>
            [--nowait]

Example¶

nodetool backup --endpoint s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com  --bucket bucket-foo --prefix foo/bar/baz --keyspace ks --table table --snapshot ss

Options¶

-h <host> or --host <host> - Node hostname or IP address.
--keyspace - Name of a keyspace to copy SSTables from
--table - Name of a table to copy SSTables from
--snapshot - Name of a snapshot to copy sstables from
--endpoint - Name of the configured object storage endpoint to copy SSTables to. This should be configured as per the object storage configuration instructions.
--bucket - Name of the bucket to backup SSTables to
--prefix - Prefix to backup SSTables to
--nowait - Don’t wait on the backup process