You can use the Commvault software to back up and restore Cassandra.
Backups
Data You Can Back Up
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All the keyspaces from all the nodes that are in the Cassandra cluster
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User-defined data types
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Transaction logs or commit logs
Backups You Can Perform
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Full backups
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Incremental backups
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Commit log backups
When You Can Perform Backups
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On a schedule: The backup plan that you assign manages scheduled backups
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On demand: You can perform on-demand backups at any time
Restores
What You Can Restore
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The entire cluster
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Individual key spaces or column families
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Commit logs
Backups You Can Use for Restores
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The most recent backup: For example, restore the most recent backup to its original location
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A backup from a specific date: For example, restore data to a point in time before it became unusable
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Backups from a date range: For example, restore data that was accidentally deleted
Destinations You Can Restore To
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The current location (in place)
You can restore the data and update the data directory to perform a recovery. Or you can copy the files to the nodes without updating the data directory.
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A different cluster (out of place)