Backup/Restore To Amazon S3

; This sample vbr configuration file shows backup to AWS s3 shared storage
; Section headings are enclosed by square brackets.
; Comments have leading semicolons (;) or pound signs (#).
; Option and values are separated by an equal sign.
; Only arguments marked as '!!Mandatory!!' must be specified explicitly.
; All commented parameters are set to their default value.

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;;; BASIC PARAMETERS ;;;
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[S3]
; This section replaces the [Mapping] section and is required to back up to s3

; !!Mandatory!! S3 bucket name(no default).
s3_backup_path = s3://backup_bucket/database_backup_path/

; !!Mandatory!! directory used to manage locking during a backup (no default).  If the directory is mounted on the initiator host, you should use "[]" instead of the local host name.  The file system must support POSIX fcntl flock.
s3_backup_file_system_path = []:/home/dbadmin/backup_locks_dir/
; s3_backup_file_system_path = otherhost.example:/home/dbadmin/backup_locks_dir/

; Specifies SSL encrypted transfer.
; s3_encrypt_transport = True

; Specifies the number of threads for upload/download - backup
; s3_concurrency_backup = 10

; Specifies the number of threads for upload/download - restore
; s3_concurrency_restore = 10

[Misc]
; !!Recommended!! Snapshot name
; Valid values: a-z A-Z 0-9 - _
; snapshotName = backup_snapshot

[Database]
; !!Recommended!! If you have more than one database defined on this Vertica cluster, use this parameter to specify which database to backup/restore.
; dbName = current_database

; If this parameter is True, vbr prompts the user for the database password every time.
; If False, specify the location of password config file in 'passwordFile' parameter in [Misc] section.
; dbPromptForPassword = True

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;;; ADVANCED PARAMETERS ;;;
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[Misc]
; The temp directory location on all database hosts.
; The directory must be readable and writeable by the dbadmin, and must implement POSIX style fcntl lockf locking.
; tempDir = /tmp/vbr

; Specifies the number of historical backups to retain in addition to the most recent backup.
; 1 current + n historical backups
; restorePointLimit = 1

; Full path to the password configuration file
; Store this file in directory readable only by the dbadmin.
; (no default)
; passwordFile = /path/to/vbr/pw.txt

[Database]
; Vertica user name for vbr to connect to the database.
; This is rarely needed since dbUser is normally identical to the database administrator
; dbUser = current_username