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Posted to user@cassandra.apache.org by Илья Шипицин <ch...@gmail.com> on 2012/05/23 07:06:59 UTC
how to get list of snapshots
Hello!
I'm about to schedule backups in the following way
a) snapshots are done daily
b) increment backups are enabled
so, backup will be consistent, very old snapshots must be removed (I guess,
a week depth should be enough).
couple of questions:
1) is there any good guide for scheduling backups ?
2) is there way to get list of snapshots ? (without "ls" in directory)
Cheers,
Ilya Shipitsin
Re: how to get list of snapshots
Posted by aaron morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com>.
> 1) ok, I can schedule snapshots using cron (snapshot's name will be ganarated from current date)
> how can I remove snapshots older than a week ?
Delete the directory on disk.
> 2) ok, I can enable increment backups. How can I remove incremental SSTables older than 1 week ?
> it's more tricky than with snapshots.
AFAIK delete the file on disk.
> it will lead me to several find/cron/bash scripts. Single mistake and I can delete cassandara data entirely.
Always work in the snapshots directory and you will be fine.
Cheers
-----------------
Aaron Morton
Freelance Developer
@aaronmorton
http://www.thelastpickle.com
On 23/05/2012, at 10:45 PM, Илья Шипицин wrote:
> I seen that guide. It's missing several important things
>
> 1) ok, I can schedule snapshots using cron (snapshot's name will be ganarated from current date)
> how can I remove snapshots older than a week ?
>
> 2) ok, I can enable increment backups. How can I remove incremental SSTables older than 1 week ?
> it's more tricky than with snapshots.
>
>
> it will lead me to several find/cron/bash scripts. Single mistake and I can delete cassandara data entirely.
>
> 2012/5/23 aaron morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com>
>> 1) is there any good guide for scheduling backups ?
> this http://www.datastax.com/docs/1.0/operations/backup_restore ?
>
>> 2) is there way to get list of snapshots ? (without "ls" in directory)
> No.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> -----------------
> Aaron Morton
> Freelance Developer
> @aaronmorton
> http://www.thelastpickle.com
>
> On 23/05/2012, at 5:06 PM, Илья Шипицин wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I'm about to schedule backups in the following way
>>
>> a) snapshots are done daily
>> b) increment backups are enabled
>>
>> so, backup will be consistent, very old snapshots must be removed (I guess, a week depth should be enough).
>>
>> couple of questions:
>>
>> 1) is there any good guide for scheduling backups ?
>> 2) is there way to get list of snapshots ? (without "ls" in directory)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ilya Shipitsin
>
>
Re: how to get list of snapshots
Posted by Илья Шипицин <ch...@gmail.com>.
I seen that guide. It's missing several important things
1) ok, I can schedule snapshots using cron (snapshot's name will be
ganarated from current date)
how can I remove snapshots older than a week ?
2) ok, I can enable increment backups. How can I remove incremental
SSTables older than 1 week ?
it's more tricky than with snapshots.
it will lead me to several find/cron/bash scripts. Single mistake and I can
delete cassandara data entirely.
2012/5/23 aaron morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com>
> 1) is there any good guide for scheduling backups ?
>
> this http://www.datastax.com/docs/1.0/operations/backup_restore ?
>
> 2) is there way to get list of snapshots ? (without "ls" in directory)
>
> No.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> -----------------
> Aaron Morton
> Freelance Developer
> @aaronmorton
> http://www.thelastpickle.com
>
> On 23/05/2012, at 5:06 PM, Илья Шипицин wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I'm about to schedule backups in the following way
>
> a) snapshots are done daily
> b) increment backups are enabled
>
> so, backup will be consistent, very old snapshots must be removed (I
> guess, a week depth should be enough).
>
> couple of questions:
>
> 1) is there any good guide for scheduling backups ?
> 2) is there way to get list of snapshots ? (without "ls" in directory)
>
> Cheers,
> Ilya Shipitsin
>
>
>
Re: how to get list of snapshots
Posted by aaron morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com>.
> 1) is there any good guide for scheduling backups ?
this http://www.datastax.com/docs/1.0/operations/backup_restore ?
> 2) is there way to get list of snapshots ? (without "ls" in directory)
No.
Cheers
-----------------
Aaron Morton
Freelance Developer
@aaronmorton
http://www.thelastpickle.com
On 23/05/2012, at 5:06 PM, Илья Шипицин wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I'm about to schedule backups in the following way
>
> a) snapshots are done daily
> b) increment backups are enabled
>
> so, backup will be consistent, very old snapshots must be removed (I guess, a week depth should be enough).
>
> couple of questions:
>
> 1) is there any good guide for scheduling backups ?
> 2) is there way to get list of snapshots ? (without "ls" in directory)
>
> Cheers,
> Ilya Shipitsin