View backups in ADBM

Daria Barysheva

List of backups

Regardless of how backups are created (manually or on a schedule), all of them are displayed on the Backups tab. To open this tab, follow the steps:

  1. Open the Backup Manager page via the ADBCC web interface.

  2. In the table that is located in the Clusters section of the opened page, click the ADB cluster name.

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    Select the ADB cluster

  3. Select the Backups tab.

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    The Backups tab

On the page that opens, there is a table with the following information on backups.

Backup list fields
Field Description

Description

A backup name. Filled in automatically when performing a backup according to the backup_<type>_<start_date>_<start_time> template, where:

  • <type> — backup type (see Type below);

  • <start_date> — backup start date in the YYYYMMDD format;

  • <start_time> — backup start time in the HHmmss format.

Type

A backup type. Possible values:

  • full — full backup;

  • diff — differential backup;

  • incr — incremental backup.

Start time

A backup start timestamp in the DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss format

Status

A backup status. Possible values:

  • init — the backup is being initialized.

  • running — the backup is running.

  • terminating — the backup is being terminated.

  • invalid — after verification, the backup is considered incorrect. Such backups will be automatically dropped when the next cleanup procedure starts.

  • stopped — the backup launch is stopped (after successful termination).

  • resume — the backup is being resumed.

  • failed — the backup launch is failed.

  • done — the backup launch is successful.

Above the table with backups, there are filters that you can use to select backups with a specific status or type. To use a filter, open the drop-down list Status or Type and select the desired value of the backup status or the backup type accordingly.

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Use filters

You can also add filters by the backup start time. To do this, click Add filters and select items in the drop-down list that opens.

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New filters

Below is an example how to use the Start time since filter:

  1. Add new filters as shown above.

  2. Click the Start time since filter.

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    The "Start time since" filter

  3. In the form that opens, select a timestamp starting with which you want to show backups. You can select either an interval in the left panel or a date in the calendar.

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    Select the start time for backups

  4. Click Set.

  5. As a result, backups for a given period of time appear in the list.

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    Backups appear in the list
IMPORTANT

By default, the table on the Backups tabs shows the current-day backups. To view all backups, use the time filters as described above.

Backup details

To view the backup details, click the backup description (Description) in the table on the Backups tab.

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Select a backup

The next page contains two sections:

  • Overview

  • Topology

The Overview section shows the general backup information.

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The Overview section
Fields of the Overview section
Field Description

Type

A backup type. See Type above

Status

A backup status. See Status above

Date

A backup start timestamp in the DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss format

Configuration

A backup configuration version

Databases

A comma-separated list of the databases that were in the DBMS at the time of the backup generation

Database size

The total volume of data files that have been backed up

Backup size

The total backup volume

Action

A name of the action within which the current backup was launched. You can click the name to view the detailed action information

Restore point

A name of the restore point created after the backup was completed

Restore point date

The restore point creation timestamp in the DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss format

The Topology section contains the backup topology information.

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The Topology section
Fields of the Topology section
Field Description

Segment

The content identifier for a segment (or master) instance. Corresponds to gp_segment_configuration.content

Host

A host name

Label

A backup name according to the internal logic of pgbackrest

Database size

The full volume of uncompressed database data on a segment

Backup size

The full volume of compressed database data on a segment
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