Describing backups - Amazon ElastiCache
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Describing backups

The following procedures show you how to display a list of your backups. If you desire, you can also view the details of a particular backup.

To display backups using the AWS Management Console

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the ElastiCache console at https://eusc-de-east-1.console.amazonaws-eusc.eu/elasticache/.

  2. From the navigation pane, choose Backups.

  3. To see the details of a particular backup, choose the box to the left of the backup's name.

To display a list of serverless backups and optionally details about a specific backup, use the describe-serverless-cache-snapshots CLI operation.

Examples

The following operation uses the parameter --max-records to list up to 20 backups associated with your account. Omitting the parameter --max-records lists up to 50 backups.

aws elasticache describe-serverless-cache-snapshots --max-records 20

The following operation uses the parameter --serverless-cache-name to list only the backups associated with the cache my-cache.

aws elasticache describe-serverless-cache-snapshots --serverless-cache-name my-cache

The following operation uses the parameter --serverless-cache-snapshot-name to display the details of the backup my-backup.

aws elasticache describe-serverless-cache-snapshots --serverless-cache-snapshot-name my-backup

For more information, see describe-serverless-cache-snapshots in the AWS CLI Command Reference.

To display a list of node-based cluster backups and optionally details about a specific backup, use the describe-snapshots CLI operation.

Examples

The following operation uses the parameter --max-records to list up to 20 backups associated with your account. Omitting the parameter --max-records lists up to 50 backups.

aws elasticache describe-snapshots --max-records 20

The following operation uses the parameter --cache-cluster-id to list only the backups associated with the cluster my-cluster.

aws elasticache describe-snapshots --cache-cluster-id my-cluster

The following operation uses the parameter --snapshot-name to display the details of the backup my-backup.

aws elasticache describe-snapshots --snapshot-name my-backup

For more information, see describe-snapshots in the AWS CLI Command Reference.