nodetool listsnapshots

Returns all the snapshots, along with the size on disk, and true size.

Synopsis

nodetool [<connection_options>] listsnapshots

Definition

The short- and long-form options are comma-separated.

Connection options

-h, --host hostname

The hostname or IP address of a remote node or nodes. When omitted, the default is the local machine.

-p, --port jmx_port

The JMX port number.

-pw, --password jmxpassword

The JMX password for authenticating with secure JMX. If a password is not provided, you are prompted to enter one.

-pwf, --password-file jmx_password_filepath

The filepath to the file that stores JMX authentication credentials.

-u, --username jmx_username

The username for authenticating with secure JMX.

Command arguments

This command takes no arguments.

Examples

Get snapshots

nodetool listsnapshots

Results if there are no snapshots:

Snapshot Details:
There are no snapshots

Results with existing snapshots:

Snapshot Details:
Snapshot name  Keyspace name Column family name  True size Size on disk

1534456548264  cycling       popular_count       4.84 KiB  5.7 KiB
1534456548264  cycling       calendar            5.33 KiB  6.34 KiB
1534456548264  cycling       comments            6.83 KiB  7.79 KiB
1534456548264  cycling       birthday_list       5.22 KiB  6.09 KiB

Total TrueDiskSpaceUsed: 22.21 KiB

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