Capturing Snapshots

About snapshots
A snapshot represents a consistent view of the state of the data files at a specific point in time. By taking a snapshot, you can capture the state of the data files without shutting down the Dgraph process for a particular data store.

Restrictions for taking a snapshot
The following restrictions apply when taking snapshots.

Creating a snapshot
You create a snapshot with the createSnapshotOperation interface in the Administration Web Service.

Restoring data files from a snapshot
You can restore data files from an archived snapshot using the cpmdex command. The command copies files from the archived snapshot into the data files of the specific Endeca data store.

cpmdex syntax
This topic contains syntax for the cpmdex command.