Checking Backup Integrity

Vertica can confirm the integrity of your backup files and the manifest that identifies them. By default, backup integrity checks output their results to the command line.

Perform a Quick Check

The quick-check task gathers all backup metadata from the backup location specified in the configuration file and compares that metadata to the backup manifest. A quick check does not verify the objects themselves. Instead, this task outputs an exceptions list of any discrepancies between objects in the backup location and objects listed in the backup manifest.

Use the following form to perform quick check task:

$ vbr -t quick-check -c configfile.ini  

For example:

$ vbr -t quick-check -c backupconfig.ini 

Perform a Full Check

The full-check task verifies all objects listed in the backup manifest against filesystem metadata. A full check includes the same steps as a quick check. You can include the optional --report-file parameter to output results to a delimited JSON file. This task outputs an exceptions list that identifies the following inconsistencies:

• Incomplete restore points
• Damaged restore points
• Missing backup files
• Unreferenced files

Use the following form to perform a full check task:

$ vbr -t full-check -c configfile.ini --report-file=path/filename

For example:

$ vbr -t full-check -c backupconfig.ini --report-file=logging/fullintegritycheck.json