Shell commands
The following table shows actions you can take from the shell.
Action |
Shell command |
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Take a snapshot of |
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Snapshots can be taken while a table is disabled, or while a table is online and serving traffic.
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Restore snapshot |
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For emergency use only. Restoring a snapshot replaces the current version of a
table with different version. To run this command, you must disable the
target table. The |
List all available snapshots |
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List all available snapshots starting with |
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Remove a snapshot called |
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Create a new table |
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Cloning a snapshot creates a new read/write table that serves the data kept at the time of the snapshot. The original table and the cloned table can be modified independently; new data written to one table does not show up on the other. |