createSnapshot()

This operation creates a snapshot for a collection.

public void createSnapshot(CreateSnapshotReq request)

Request Syntax

createSnapshot(CreateSnapshotReq.builder()
    .databaseName(String databaseName)
    .collectionName(String collectionName)
    .snapshotName(String snapshotName)
    .description(String description)
    .compactionProtectionSeconds(Long compactionProtectionSeconds)
    .build()
)

BUILDER METHODS:

• databaseName(String databaseName)

  The name of the database that contains the collection. If omitted, the current database is used.

• collectionName(String collectionName)

  The name of the collection associated with the snapshot operation.

• snapshotName(String snapshotName)

  The name of the snapshot.

• description(String description)

  A human-readable description for the snapshot.

• compactionProtectionSeconds(Long compactionProtectionSeconds)

  The number of seconds to protect the snapshot from compaction. Use 0L when no protection window is needed.

RETURNS:

void

EXCEPTIONS:

• MilvusClientException

  This exception is raised when required parameters are missing, numeric parameters are out of range, or the server returns an error for this operation.

Example

import io.milvus.v2.service.snapshot.request.CreateSnapshotReq;

CreateSnapshotReq request = CreateSnapshotReq.builder()
    .databaseName("default")
    .collectionName("book_chunks")
    .snapshotName("book_chunks_backup")
    .description("Backup before schema migration")
    .compactionProtectionSeconds(3600L)
    .build();

client.createSnapshot(request);