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Creating a snapshot - Amazon Redshift

Creating a snapshot

To create a snapshot, perform the steps in the following procedure.

Note

Note:

A table marked as no-backup in RA3 and Serverless is treated as a permanent table and will always be backed up when you create a snapshot.

To create a snapshot
  1. On the Amazon Redshift Serverless console, choose Data backup.

  2. Choose Create snapshot.

  3. Choose a namespace to create a snapshot of.

  4. Enter a snapshot identifier.

  5. (Optional) Choose a retention period. If you choose Custom value, choose the number of days. The amount you choose must be between 1-3653 days, inclusive. The default is retain indefinitely.

  6. Choose Create.

To create a snapshot from namespace configuration
  1. On the Amazon Redshift Serverless console, choose Namespace configuration.

  2. Choose the namespace to create a snapshot of. You can only create snapshots of namespaces that are associated with a workgroup and whose statuses are Available.

  3. Choose the Data backup tab.

  4. Choose Create snapshot.

  5. Enter a snapshot identifier.

  6. (Optional) Choose a retention period. If you choose Custom value, choose the number of days. The amount you choose must be between 1-3653 days, inclusive.

  7. Choose Create.

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