NAME
nodetool snapshot - Take a snapshot of specified keyspaces or a snapshot
of the specified table
SYNOPSIS
nodetool [(-h <host> | --host <host>)] [(-p <port> | --port <port>)]
[(-pp | --print-port)] [(-pw <password> | --password <password>)]
[(-pwf <passwordFilePath> | --password-file <passwordFilePath>)]
[(-u <username> | --username <username>)] snapshot
[(-cf <table> | --column-family <table> | --table <table>)]
[(-kt <ktlist> | --kt-list <ktlist> | -kc <ktlist> | --kc.list <ktlist>)]
[(-sf | --skip-flush)] [(-t <tag> | --tag <tag>)] [--] [<keyspaces...>]
OPTIONS
-cf <table>, --column-family <table>, --table <table>
The table name (you must specify one and only one keyspace for using
this option)
-h <host>, --host <host>
Node hostname or ip address
-kt <ktlist>, --kt-list <ktlist>, -kc <ktlist>, --kc.list <ktlist>
The list of Keyspace.table to take snapshot.(you must not specify
only keyspace)
-p <port>, --port <port>
Remote jmx agent port number
-pp, --print-port
Operate in 4.0 mode with hosts disambiguated by port number
-pw <password>, --password <password>
Remote jmx agent password
-pwf <passwordFilePath>, --password-file <passwordFilePath>
Path to the JMX password file
-sf, --skip-flush
Do not flush memtables before snapshotting (snapshot will not
contain unflushed data)
-t <tag>, --tag <tag>
The name of the snapshot
-u <username>, --username <username>
Remote jmx agent username
--
This option can be used to separate command-line options from the
list of argument, (useful when arguments might be mistaken for
command-line options
[<keyspaces...>]
List of keyspaces. By default, all keyspaces