I did not get your question completely, with "snapshot files are mixed with files and backup files".
When you call nodetool snapshot, it will create a directory with snapshot name if specified or current timestamp at /data/<keyspace>/<columnfamily>/backup/<snapshotname>. This directory will have all sstables, metadata files and schema.cql (if using 3.0.9 or higher). On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 2:37 AM, Daniel Hölbling-Inzko < daniel.hoelbling-in...@bitmovin.com> wrote: > Hi, > I am going through this guide to do backup/restore of cassandra data to a > new cluster: > http://docs.datastax.com/en/cassandra/2.1/cassandra/operations/ops_backup_ > snapshot_restore_t.html#task_ds_cmf_11r_gk > > When creating a snapshot I get the snapshot files mixed in with the normal > data files and backup files, so it's all over the place and very hard > (especially with lots of tables per keyspace) to transfer ONLY the snapshot. > (Mostly since there is a snapshot directory per table..) > > Am I missing something or is there some arcane shell command that filters > out only the snapshots? > Because this way it's much easier to just backup the whole data directory. > > greetings Daniel >
