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 ADB Control 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

The initial backup type (which was selected when creating a backup). 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 specific data. Available filters are listed below:

  • Type — filter by the backup type (see Type above). Select a value from the drop-down list.

  • Status — filter by the backup status (see Status above). Select a value from the drop-down list.

  • Start time since and Start time to — a time range to select backups by the start timestamp (see Start time above). Select the range boundaries in the calendar that appears when you click the corresponding filters.

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Filters for backups
IMPORTANT

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

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. To see the configuration details, click the version number

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

Flags

The flags that are selected for the backup operation (see Delta in the Backup description)

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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