Creating and Managing a GaussDB(DWS) Snapshot

Notes and Constraints

• Manually created snapshots can be backed up to OBS or NFS.
• To create a snapshot of a cluster, ensure that the cluster is in Available, To be restarted, or Unbalanced state. In cluster versions earlier than 8.1.3.101, you can also create a snapshot of a cluster in Read-only state.
• To create a schema snapshot, ensure that the cluster is in Available or Unbalanced state.
• If a snapshot is being created for a cluster, the cluster cannot be restarted, scaled, its password cannot be reset, and its configurations cannot be modified. To ensure the integrity of snapshot data, do not write data during snapshot creation.
• If the snapshot size is much greater than that of the data stored in the cluster, the data is possibly labeled with a deletion tag, but is not cleared and reclaimed. In this case, clear the data and recreate a snapshot. For details, see How Can I Clear and Reclaim the Storage Space?

Creating a Cluster Snapshot

1. Log in to the DWS console.
2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Dedicated Clusters > Management > Snapshots. Alternatively, in the cluster list, click the name of the target cluster to switch to the Cluster Information page, and then choose Snapshots from the navigation pane on the left.
3. Click Create Snapshot in the upper right corner. Alternatively, on the Clusters page, locate a cluster, click More in the Operation column, and select Create Snapshot.
4. On the Create Snapshot page, set the parameters listed in Table 1.

   Table 1 Snapshot parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Cluster Name	Select a GaussDB(DWS) cluster.
   Snapshot Name	Enter a snapshot name. The snapshot name must be 4 to 64 characters in length and start with a letter. It is case-insensitive and can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).
   Snapshot Level	Select cluster.
   Snapshot Description	Enter the snapshot description. This parameter is optional. The snapshot description must be 0 to 256 characters long and cannot include special characters like !<>'=&"

5. Confirm the information and click Create.

   The task status of the cluster for which you are creating a snapshot is Creating snapshot. The status of the snapshot that is being created is Creating. After the snapshot is created, it is in the Available state.

Prerequisites for Creating a Schema Snapshot

Manually enable the fine-grained snapshot.

1. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Dedicated Clusters > Management > Snapshots. Alternatively, in the cluster list, click the name of the target cluster to switch to the Cluster Information page, and then choose Snapshots from the navigation pane on the left.
2. Click Create Snapshot in the upper right corner. Alternatively, choose More > Create Snapshot in the Operation column.
3. Click next to Snapshot Level and click Configure.

   

4. On the Snapshots page, enable Fine-grained Snapshot. After enabling fine-grained snapshot, you can restore tables from automatic or manual snapshots.

   

Creating a Schema Snapshot

1. Log in to the DWS console.
2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Dedicated Clusters > Management > Snapshots. Alternatively, in the cluster list, click the name of the target cluster to switch to the Cluster Information page, and then choose Snapshots from the navigation pane on the left.
3. Click Create Snapshot in the upper right corner. Alternatively, on the Clusters page, locate a cluster, click More in the Operation column, and select Create Snapshot.
4. On the Create Snapshot page, set parameters based on Table 1. Select schema for Snapshot Level.
5. Specify the snapshots to be backed up.
   • Select a database from the Database drop-down list. Schemas in different databases cannot be backed up at a time.
   • In the schema list, select the schemas to be backed up (Up to 50 schemas can be backed up at a time). To search for a schema, enter its name in the search box in the upper right corner of the list, and click . GaussDB(DWS) supports fuzzy search.
   Figure 1 Creating a schema snapshot
   

6. Confirm the information and click Create.

   The task status of the cluster for which you are creating a snapshot is Creating snapshot. The status of the snapshot that is being created is Creating. After the snapshot is created, it is in the Available state.

Stopping a Manually Created Snapshot

1. Log in to the DWS console.
2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Dedicated Clusters > Management > Snapshots. Alternatively, in the cluster list, click the name of the target cluster to switch to the Cluster Information page, and then choose Snapshots from the navigation pane on the left. All snapshots are displayed by default.
3. In the Operation column of a snapshot that is being created, and click Cancel Snapshot Creation.
4. In the dialog box that is displayed, click Yes to stop the snapshot. The snapshot state will change to Unavailable.
   • This feature is supported only in cluster version 8.1.3.200 and later.
   • If the snapshot creation is about to complete, the command for stopping the snapshot will not take effect, and the snapshot will be created.
   • Only the snapshots in the Creating state can be stopped. A snapshot creation task that just started or is about to complete cannot be stopped.

   

Deleting a Manually Created Snapshot

1. Log in to the DWS console.
2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Dedicated Clusters > Management > Snapshots. Alternatively, in the cluster list, click the name of the target cluster to switch to the Cluster Information page, and then choose Snapshots from the navigation pane on the left. All snapshots are displayed by default.
3. In the Operation column of the snapshot that you want to delete, click More and select Delete.
   

   You can only delete snapshots that were manually created.

4. Confirm the information, enter DELETE, and click OK to delete the snapshot. Deleted snapshots cannot be recovered. Exercise caution when performing this operation.