describe-snapshots¶

Description¶

Returns information about cluster snapshots. By default, DescribeSnapshots lists all of your snapshots; it can optionally describe a single snapshot, or just the snapshots associated with a particular cluster.

Synopsis¶

  describe-snapshots
[--cluster-name <value>]
[--snapshot-name <value>]
[--source <value>]
[--next-token <value>]
[--max-results <value>]
[--show-detail | --no-show-detail]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options¶

--cluster-name (string)

A user-supplied cluster identifier. If this parameter is specified, only snapshots associated with that specific cluster are described.

--snapshot-name (string)

A user-supplied name of the snapshot. If this parameter is specified, only this named snapshot is described.

--source (string)

If set to system, the output shows snapshots that were automatically created by MemoryDB. If set to user the output shows snapshots that were manually created. If omitted, the output shows both automatically and manually created snapshots.

--next-token (string)

An optional argument to pass in case the total number of records exceeds the value of MaxResults. If nextToken is returned, there are more results available. The value of nextToken is a unique pagination token for each page. Make the call again using the returned token to retrieve the next page. Keep all other arguments unchanged.

--max-results (integer)

The maximum number of records to include in the response. If more records exist than the specified MaxResults value, a token is included in the response so that the remaining results can be retrieved.

--show-detail | --no-show-detail (boolean)

A Boolean value which if true, the shard configuration is included in the snapshot description.

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples¶

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal’s quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

To return a list of snapshots

The following describe-snapshots` returns a list of snapshots.

aws memorydb describe-snapshots

Output:

{
"Snapshots": [
    {
        "Name": "my-cluster-snapshot",
        "Status": "available",
        "Source": "manual",
        "ARN": "arn:aws:memorydb:us-east-1:491658xxxxxx2:snapshot/my-cluster-snapshot",
        "ClusterConfiguration": {
            "Name": "my-cluster",
            "Description": " ",
            "NodeType": "db.r6g.large",
            "EngineVersion": "6.2",
            "MaintenanceWindow": "wed:03:00-wed:04:00",
            "Port": 6379,
            "ParameterGroupName": "default.memorydb-redis6",
            "SubnetGroupName": "my-sg",
            "VpcId": "vpc-862574fc",
            "SnapshotRetentionLimit": 0,
            "SnapshotWindow": "04:30-05:30",
            "NumShards": 2
        }
    }
}

For more information, see Snapshot and restore in the MemoryDB User Guide.

Output¶

NextToken -> (string)

An optional argument to pass in case the total number of records exceeds the value of MaxResults. If nextToken is returned, there are more results available. The value of nextToken is a unique pagination token for each page. Make the call again using the returned token to retrieve the next page. Keep all other arguments unchanged.

Snapshots -> (list)

A list of snapshots. Each item in the list contains detailed information about one snapshot.

(structure)

Represents a copy of an entire cluster as of the time when the snapshot was taken.

Name -> (string)

The name of the snapshot

Status -> (string)

The status of the snapshot. Valid values: creating | available | restoring | copying | deleting.

Source -> (string)

Indicates whether the snapshot is from an automatic backup (automated) or was created manually (manual).

KmsKeyId -> (string)

The ID of the KMS key used to encrypt the snapshot.

ARN -> (string)

The ARN (Amazon Resource Name) of the snapshot.

ClusterConfiguration -> (structure)

The configuration of the cluster from which the snapshot was taken

Name -> (string)

The name of the cluster

Description -> (string)

The description of the cluster configuration

NodeType -> (string)

The node type used for the cluster

EngineVersion -> (string)

The Redis engine version used by the cluster

MaintenanceWindow -> (string)

The specified maintenance window for the cluster

TopicArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the SNS notification topic for the cluster

Port -> (integer)

The port used by the cluster

ParameterGroupName -> (string)

The name of parameter group used by the cluster

SubnetGroupName -> (string)

The name of the subnet group used by the cluster

VpcId -> (string)

The ID of the VPC the cluster belongs to

SnapshotRetentionLimit -> (integer)

The snapshot retention limit set by the cluster

SnapshotWindow -> (string)

The snapshot window set by the cluster

NumShards -> (integer)

The number of shards in the cluster

Shards -> (list)

The list of shards in the cluster

(structure)

Provides details of a shard in a snapshot

Name -> (string)

The name of the shard

Configuration -> (structure)

The configuration details of the shard

Slots -> (string)

A string that specifies the keyspace for a particular node group. Keyspaces range from 0 to 16,383. The string is in the format startkey-endkey.

ReplicaCount -> (integer)

The number of read replica nodes in this shard.

Size -> (string)

The size of the shard’s snapshot

SnapshotCreationTime -> (timestamp)

The date and time that the shard’s snapshot was created

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