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Disabling snapshot retention optimizer

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Disabling snapshot retention optimizer - AWS Glue

You can disable the snapshot retention optimizer for a particular Apache Iceberg table using AWS Glue console or AWS CLI.

Console
To disable snapshot retention

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Glue console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/glue/.

  2. Choose Data Catalog and choose Tables. From the tables list, choose the Iceberg table that you want to disable the optimizer for snapshot retention.

  3. On lower section of the Table details page, choose Table optimization and Disable, Snapshot retention under Actions.

    You can also choose Disable under Optimization from the Actions menu located on top right corner of the page.

  4. Choose Disable on the confirmation message. You can re-enable the snapshot retention optimizer at a later time.

    After the you confirm, snapshot retention optimizer is disabled and the status for snapshot retention turns back to Not enabled.

AWS CLI

In the following example, replace the account ID with a valid AWS account ID. Replace the database name and table name with actual Iceberg table name and the database name. Replace the roleArn with the AWS Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role and actual name of the IAM role that has the required permissions to run the retention optimizer.

aws glue update-table-optimizer \
  --catalog-id 123456789012 \
  --database-name iceberg_db \
  --table-name iceberg_table \
  --table-optimizer-configuration '{"roleArn":"arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/optimizer_role", "vpcConfiguration":{"glueConnectionName":"glue_connection_name"}, "enabled":'false'}'\ 
  --type retention
AWS API

Call UpdateTableOptimizer operation to disable the snapshot retention optimizer for a specific table.

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To disable snapshot retention

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Glue console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/glue/.

  2. Choose Data Catalog and choose Tables. From the tables list, choose the Iceberg table that you want to disable the optimizer for snapshot retention.

  3. On lower section of the Table details page, choose Table optimization and Disable, Snapshot retention under Actions.

    You can also choose Disable under Optimization from the Actions menu located on top right corner of the page.

  4. Choose Disable on the confirmation message. You can re-enable the snapshot retention optimizer at a later time.

    After the you confirm, snapshot retention optimizer is disabled and the status for snapshot retention turns back to Not enabled.

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