Interrupting the Backup Utility

To cancel a backup, use Ctrl+C or send a SIGINT to the Python process running the backup utility. The utility stops the backup procedure after it has completed copying the data. Canceling a vbr backup with Ctrl+C immediately closes the session. Uninterrupted incremental backups may run more quickly as a result.

The files generated by an interrupted backup process remain in the target backup location directory. The next backup process picks up where the interrupted process left off.

Backup operations are atomic, so that interrupting a backup operation does not affect the previous backup. Verticareplaces the previous backup only as the very last step of backing up your database.

The restore or copy-cluster operations overwrite the database catalog directory. Thus, interrupting either of these processes leaves the database unusable until you restart the process and allow it to finish.