Creating a final backup - Amazon ElastiCache
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Creating a final backup

You can create a final backup using the ElastiCache console, the Amazon CLI, or the ElastiCache API.

You can create a final backup when you delete a Valkey, Memcached, or Redis OSS serverless cache, or a Valkey or Redis OSS node-based cluster, by using the ElastiCache console.

To create a final backup when deleting a cache, on the delete dialog box choose Yes under Create backup and give the backup a name.

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You can create a final backup when deleting a cache using the Amazon CLI.

When deleting a Valkey cache, Memcached serverless cache, or Redis OSS cache

To create a final backup, use the delete-serverless-cache Amazon CLI operation with the following parameters.

  • --serverless-cache-name – Name of the cache being deleted.

  • --final-snapshot-name – Name of the backup.

The following code creates the final backup bkup-20231127-final when deleting the cache myserverlesscache.

For Linux, OS X, or Unix:

aws elasticache delete-serverless-cache \
        --serverless-cache-name myserverlesscache \
        --final-snapshot-name bkup-20231127-final

For Windows:

aws elasticache delete-serverless-cache ^
        --serverless-cache-name myserverlesscache ^
        --final-snapshot-name bkup-20231127-final

For more information, see delete-serverless-cache in the Amazon CLI Command Reference.

When deleting a Valkey or Redis OSS cluster with no read replicas

To create a final backup for a node-based cluster with no read replicas, use the delete-cache-cluster Amazon CLI operation with the following parameters.

  • --cache-cluster-id – Name of the cluster being deleted.

  • --final-snapshot-identifier – Name of the backup.

The following code creates the final backup bkup-20150515-final when deleting the cluster myRedisCluster.

For Linux, OS X, or Unix:

aws elasticache delete-cache-cluster \
        --cache-cluster-id myRedisCluster \
        --final-snapshot-identifier bkup-20150515-final

For Windows:

aws elasticache delete-cache-cluster ^
        --cache-cluster-id myRedisCluster ^
        --final-snapshot-identifier bkup-20150515-final

For more information, see delete-cache-cluster in the Amazon CLI Command Reference.

When deleting a Valkey or Redis OSS cluster with read replicas

To create a final backup when deleting a replication group, use the delete-replication-group Amazon CLI operation, with the following parameters:

  • --replication-group-id – Name of the replication group being deleted.

  • --final-snapshot-identifier – Name of the final backup.

The following code takes the final backup bkup-20150515-final when deleting the replication group myReplGroup.

For Linux, OS X, or Unix:

aws elasticache delete-replication-group \
        --replication-group-id myReplGroup \
        --final-snapshot-identifier bkup-20150515-final

For Windows:

aws elasticache delete-replication-group ^
        --replication-group-id myReplGroup ^
        --final-snapshot-identifier bkup-20150515-final

For more information, see delete-replication-group in the Amazon CLI Command Reference.