> 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 > >
