View automatic backup information

After enabling automatic backup, you can log on to the Kibana console that has been integrated into Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch and run the Elasticsearch snapshot command in Dev Tools to view snapshots.

View all snapshots

Run the following command to view all the snapshots that are located in the aliyun_auto_snapshot repository.

GET _ snapshot/aliyun_auto_snapshot/_ all

Response:

{
  "snapshots": [
    {
      "snapshot": "es-cn-abcdefghijklmn_20180628092236",
      "uuid": "n7YIayyZTm2hwg8BeWbydA",
      "version_id": 5050399,
      "version": "2.0.0",
      "indices": [
        ".kibana"
      ],
      "state": "SUCCESS",
      "start_time": "2018-06-28T01:22:39.609Z",
      "start_time_in_millis": 1530148959609,
      "end_time": "2018-06-28T01:22:39.923Z",
      "end_time_in_millis": 1530148959923,
      "duration_in_millis": 314,
      "failures": [],
      "_shards" : {
        "total":1
        "failed" : 0
        "successful": 1,
      }
    },
    {
      "snapshot": "es-cn-abcdefghijklmn_20180628092500",
      "uuid": "frdl1YFzQ5Cn5xN9ZWuKLA",
      "version_id": 5050399,
      "version": "2.0.0",
      "indices": [
        ".kibana"
      ],
      "state": "SUCCESS",
      "start_time": "2018-06-28T01:25:00.764Z",
      "start_time_in_millis": 1530149100764,
      "end_time": "2018-06-28T01:25:01.482Z",
      "end_time_in_millis": 1530149101482,
      "duration_in_millis": 718,
      "failures": [],
      "_shards" : {
        "total":1
        "failed" : 0
        "successful": 1,
      }
    }
  ]
}
  • state: Specifies the status of a snapshot. The snapshot status includes the following:
    • IN_PROGRESS: The snapshot is being restored.
    • SUCCESS: The snapshot has been restored and all shards have been successfully stored.
    • FAILED: The snapshot has been restored with an error. Some data cannot be stored.
    • PARTIAL: The snapshot has been successfully restored to an instance. However, one or more shards cannot be stored.
    • INCOMPATIBLE: The snapshot version is incompatible with the current instance version.

View specified snapshot

Run the following command to view detailed information about the specified snapshot in the aliyun_auto_snapshot repository.

GET _ snapshot/aliyun_auto_snapshot/<snapshot>/_ status

  • <Snapshot>: Specifies the name of the snapshot, for example, Es-cn-abcdefghijklmn_20180628092236.
Response: 
{
  "Snapshots": {
    {
      "snapshot": "es-cn-abcdefghijklmn_20180628092236",
      "repository": "aliyun_auto_snapshot",
      "uuid": "n7YIayyZTm2hwg8BeWbydA",
      "state": "SUCCESS",
      "shards_stats": {
        "initializing": 0,
        "started": 0,
        "finalizing": 0,
        "done": 1,
        "failed" : 0
        "total": 2
      },
      "stats": {
        "number_of_files": 4,
        "processed_files": 4,
        "total_size_in_bytes": 3296,
        "processed_size_in_bytes": 3296,
        "start_time_in_millis": 1530148959688,
        "time_in_millis": 77
      },
      "indices": {
        ".kibana": {
          "shards_stats": {
            "initializing": 0,
            "started": 0,
            "finalizing": 0,
            "done": 1,
            "failed" : 0
            "total": 2
          },
          "stats": {
            "number_of_files": 4,
            "processed_files": 4,
            "total_size_in_bytes": 3296,
            "processed_size_in_bytes": 3296,
            "start_time_in_millis": 1530148959688,
            "time_in_millis": 77
          },
          "shards": {
            "0": {
              "stage": "DONE",
              "stats": {
                "number_of_files": 4,
                "processed_files": 4,
                "total_size_in_bytes": 3296,
                "processed_size_in_bytes": 3296,
                "start_time_in_millis": 1530148959688,
                "time_in_millis": 77
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}