Restoring a cluster
Restore the data in a cluster from the stored backups.
Restore data to a cluster from local keyspace backups and backups stored to cloud storage providers like Amazon S3. These restores can be from a particular point-in-time if commit log backups are enabled.
When performing a restore operation, you can restore all the keyspaces from a backup or select specific keyspaces and tables.
sstableloader for
DataStax Enterprise (DSE) 6.7.6 and later, DSE 6.0.11 and later, and DSE
5.1.17 and later. This issue is caused by an OpsCenter check that cannot
validate the SSTable format change in DSE 6.7.6. To restore data on a
cluster from a DSE backup with the new SSTable format, select
Use sstableloader when restoring data or
upgrade to OpsCenter 6.7.6 or
later.- Restoring a snapshot that contains only the system keyspace is not allowed. There must be both system and non-system keyspaces, or only non-system keyspaces in the snapshot you want to restore.
- Restoring a snapshot that does not contain a table definition is not allowed.
- Restoring a snapshot to a location with insufficient disk space fails. The Restore Report indicates which nodes do not have sufficient space and how much space is necessary for a successful restore. For more information and tips for preventative measures, see Monitoring sufficient disk space for restoring backups.
- OpsCenter does not back up indexes. Therefore, DSE must recompute the indexes after a restore.
Restoring backups stored on Amazon S3
When restoring from backups stored on Amazon S3, OpsCenter chooses a DataStax Agent to determine which nodes in the cluster have data that needs to be restored. The SSTables stored in the S3 bucket are sorted into directories with the node ID of the original node. If the cluster topology is unchanged from when the backup was taken, OpsCenter instructs each node to restore the set of SSTables that were stored on that node before. If the cluster topology has changed since the backup was completed, OpsCenter attempts to match the SSTables to the node that originally stored the SSTable, and distributes the remaining SSTables to the remaining nodes to balance the load evenly.
Restoring backups with materialized views
When restoring backups on clusters running DataStax Enterprise (DSE) 6.0.0-6.0.2, materialized views might return no results when queried. To mitigate this issue, see Restoring materialized views.