Backup: Start

Eugenia Kuzina
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The Backup: Start action is available for the ADPG service.

The Backup: Start action allows you to create a cluster backup. The action is executed on behalf of the postgres user.

To run the action, go to the Clusters page, click an ADPG cluster, and switch to the Services tab. Click actions default dark actions default light in the Actions column and select the action from the drop-down list that appears.

Execute the Backup: Start action
Execute the "Backup: Start" action

When you choose Backup: Start, ADCM displays a dialog window to specify settings for the action.

The Run an action: Backup: Start window
The "Run an action: Backup: Start" window

In the Run an action: Backup: Start dialog window, specify the Backup type parameter that determines what type of backup should be created. You can use the following values:

  • full backup — pgBackRest copies the entire contents of a cluster to the backup.

  • differential backup — pgBackRest only copies database files that have changed since the last full backup.

  • incremental backup — pgBackRest only copies database files that have changed since the last backup, which can be another incremental backup, a differential backup, or a full backup.

After you select the backup type, click Run.

In the next dialog window, you can check the Verbose checkbox to see additional execution details on the Jobs page. Click Run to confirm the action.

The window with Verbose checkbox
The window with "Verbose" checkbox

For more information on backups, see Backup and restore using pgBackRest.

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