Full Backup

A full backup captures a complete image of your database at a specific point in time. This option is the safest and most stable backup approach. A full backup lets you recover from a non K-safe loss, such as a multi-node failure or a total cluster failure.

Full Backup Diagram

Storage Considerations

When you choose storage for your full backup, be aware of these considerations:
  • If you are using ephemeral storage, you must perform a full backup.
  • You must use EBS storage for the backup volume.
  • To reduce costs, you may choose cheaper, slower EBS storage drive types for the backup volume.

To perform a full backup, you need the following:

Find more information about full backups in the Types of Backups section of the Vertica documentation.

Related Topics

The process of creating a full backup on AWS requires the following tasks: