gpBackMan

gpBackMan is designed to manage backups created by gpbackup.

The utility works with gpbackup_history.db SQLite history database format.

gpBackMan provides the following features:

• display information about backups;
• display the backup report for existing backups;
• delete existing backups from local storage or using storage plugins;
• delete all existing backups from local storage or using storage plugins older than the specified time condition;
• clean deleted backups from the history database;

Commands

Introduction

Available commands and global options:

./gpbackman --help
gpBackMan - utility for managing backups created by gpbackup

Usage:
  gpbackman [command]

Available Commands:
  backup-clean  Delete all existing backups older than the specified time condition
  backup-delete Delete a specific existing backup
  backup-info   Display information about backups
  completion    Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  help          Help about any command
  history-clean Clean deleted backups from the history database
  report-info   Display the report for a specific backup

Flags:
  -h, --help                       help for gpbackman
      --auto-load-history-db       resolve gpbackup_history.db from $COORDINATOR_DATA_DIRECTORY when --history-db is unset
      --history-db string          full path to the gpbackup_history.db file
      --log-file string            full path to log file directory, if not specified, the log file will be created in the $HOME/gpAdminLogs directory
      --log-level-console string   level for console logging (error, info, debug, verbose) (default "info")
      --log-level-file string      level for file logging (error, info, debug, verbose) (default "info")
  -v, --version                    version for gpbackman

Use "gpbackman [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Detail info about commands

Description of each command:

• Delete all existing backups older than the specified time condition (backup-clean)
• Delete a specific existing backup (backup-delete)
• Display information about backups (backup-info)
• Clean deleted backups from the history database (history-clean)
• Display the report for a specific backup (report-info)

About

gpBackMan is part of the Apache Cloudberry Backup (Incubating) toolset. It is based on the original gpbackman project.