=============== Nodetool backup

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

Note that status of backup can be checked for user_task_ttl seconds after the operation is done. You can set the ttl using :doc:nodetool tasks user-ttl </operating-scylla/nodetool-commands/tasks/user-ttl>. If --nowait flag is not set, the command relies on user_task_ttl internally.

Syntax

.. code-block:: console

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

Example

.. code-block:: console

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

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 :ref:the object storage configuration instructions <object-storage-configuration>.
--bucket - Name of the bucket to backup SSTables to
--prefix - Prefix to backup SSTables to
--nowait - Don't wait on the backup process
--move-files - Move files instead of copying them. This will delete the files from the local disk after they are uploaded to the object storage.