Sctool CLI Reference¶

backup parameters¶

In addition to the Global flags, backup takes the following parameters:

--dc <list of glob patterns>

A comma-separated list of datacenter glob patterns, e.g. ‘dc1,!otherdc*’ used to specify the DCs to include or exclude from backup, separated by a comma. This can also include glob patterns.

The following syntax is supported:

• * - matches any number of any characters including none

• ? - matches any single character

• [abc] - matches one character given in the bracket

• [a-z] - matches one character from the range given in the bracket

Patterns are evaluated from left to right. If a pattern starts with ! it unselects items that were selected by previous patterns i.e. a?,!aa selects ab but not aa.

--dry-run

Validates and prints backup information without actually scheduling a backup.

--force

Forces backup to skip database validation and schedules a backup even if there are no matching keyspaces/tables.

-i, --interval <time-unit>

Scheduled Intervals for backups to repeat every X time, where X can be:

• d - days

• h - hours

• m - minutes

• s - seconds

For example: -i 3d2h10m

Default: 0 - this means the task does not recur.

-K, --keyspace <list of glob patterns to find keyspaces>

A list of glob patterns separated by a comma used to include or exclude keyspaces from the backup. The patterns match keyspaces and tables, when you write the pattern, separate the keyspace name from the table name with a dot (KEYSPACE.TABLE).

The following syntax is supported:

• * - matches any number of any characters including none

• ? - matches any single character

• [abc] - matches one character given in the bracket

• [a-z] - matches one character from the range given in the bracket

Patterns are evaluated from left to right. If a pattern starts with ! it unselects items that were selected by previous patterns i.e. a?,!aa selects ab but not aa.

-L, --location <list of backup locations>

Specifies where to place the backup in the format [dc:]<provider>:<name> ex. s3:my-bucket. More than one location can be stated in a comma-separated list. The <dc>: part is optional and is only needed when different datacenters are being used to upload data to different locations. name must be an alphanumeric string and may contain a dash and or a dot, but other characters are forbidden. The only supported storage provider at the moment is s3.

-r, --num-retries <times to rerun a failed task>

The number of times a scheduled task will retry to run before failing.

Default: 3

--rate-limit <list of rate limits>

Limits the upload rate (as expressed in megabytes (MB) per second), which a snapshot file can be uploaded from a Scylla node to its backup destination. For example, an S3 bucket. You can set limits for more than one DC using a comma-separated list expressed in the format [<dc>:]<limit>. The <dc>: part is optional and is only needed when different datacenters require different upload limits.

Default: 100

--retention <number of backups to store>

The number of backups to store. Once this number is reached, the next backup which comes in from this destination will initiate a purge of the oldest backup.

Default: 3

--show-tables

Prints table names together with keyspace.

--snapshot-parallel <list of parallelism limits>

A comma-separated list of snapshot parallelism limits in the format [<dc>:]<limit>. More than one location can be stated in a comma-separated list. The <dc>: part is optional and allows for specifying different limits in selected datacenters. If The <dc>: part is not set, the limit is global (e.g. ‘dc1:2,5’). The runs are parallel in n nodes (2 in dc1 (as shown in the example) and n nodes in all the other datacenters.

-s, --start-date <date>

Specifies the task start date expressed in the RFC3339 format or now[+duration], e.g. now+3d2h10m, valid units are:

• d - days

• h - hours

• m - minutes

• s - seconds

• now - happens immediately

Default: now

--upload-parallel <list of parallelism limits>

A comma-separated list of upload parallelism limits in the format [<dc>:]<limit>. More than one location can be stated in a comma-separated list. The <dc>: part is optional and allows for specifying different limits in selected datacenters. If The <dc>: part is not set, the limit is global (e.g. ‘dc1:2,5’). The runs are parallel in n nodes (2 in dc1 (as shown in the example) and n nodes in all the other datacenters.

Example: backup¶

This example backs up the entire cluster named prod-cluster. The backup begins on December 9, 2019 at 16:05 and will repeat at this time every 24 hours. The backup is stored in s3 in a directory named my-backups. Additional examples are available in Backup Scylla Clusters

sctool backup -c prod-cluster -s '2019-12-09T15:16:05Z' -i 24h -L 's3:my-backups'
backup/3208ff15-6e8f-48b2-875c-d3c73f545410

backup list parameters¶

In addition to the Global flags, backup list takes the following parameters:

--all-clusters

Shows backups for all clusters

-K, --keyspace <list of glob patterns to find keyspaces>

A list of glob patterns separated by a comma. The patterns match keyspaces and tables, when you write the pattern, separate the keyspace name from the table name with a dot (KEYSPACE.TABLE).

The following syntax is supported:

• * - matches any number of any characters including none

• ? - matches any single character

• [abc] - matches one character given in the bracket

• [a-z] - matches one character from the range given in the bracket

Patterns are evaluated from left to right. If a pattern starts with ! it unselects items that were selected by previous patterns i.e. a?,!aa selects ab but not aa.

-L, --location <list of backup locations>

Specifies where to place the backup in the format [<dc>:]<provider>:<name>. More than one location can be stated in a comma-separated list. The <dc>: part is optional and is only needed when different datacenters are being used to upload data to different locations. name must be an alphanumeric string and may contain a dash and or a dot, but other characters are forbidden. The only supported storage provider is s3.

--max-date <date>

Specifies maximal snapshot date expressed in RFC3339 form or now[+duration]. For example: now+3d2h10m Valid units are:

• d - days

• h - hours

• m - minutes

• s - seconds

• now - happens immediately

--min-date <date>

Specifies minimal snapshot date expressed in RFC3339 form or now[+duration]. For example: now+3d2h10m Valid units are:

• d - days

• h - hours

• m - minutes

• s - seconds

• now - happens immediately

--show-tables

Prints table names together with keyspace.

Example: backup list¶

sctool backup list -c prod-cluster --show-tables
Snapshots:
  - sm_20191210145143UTC
  - sm_20191210145027UTC
  - sm_20191210144833UTC
Keyspaces:
  - system_auth (role_members, roles)
  - system_distributed (view_build_status)
  - system_traces (events, node_slow_log, node_slow_log_time_idx, sessions, sessions_time_idx)
  - test_keyspace_dc1_rf2 (void1)
  - test_keyspace_dc1_rf3 (void1)
  - test_keyspace_dc2_rf2 (void1)
  - test_keyspace_dc2_rf3 (void1)
  - test_keyspace_rf2 (void1)
  - test_keyspace_rf3 (void1)

backup files parameters¶

In addition to the Global flags, backup files add takes the following parameters:

--all-clusters

Shows backups for all clusters

-d, --delimiter <delimiter-character>

Dictates which character will be used as whitespace between remote file path and information about keyspace and table.

Default: ‘t’

-K, --keyspace <list of glob patterns to find keyspaces>

A list of glob patterns separated by a comma. The patterns match keyspaces and tables, when you write the pattern, separate the keyspace name from the table name with a dot (KEYSPACE.TABLE).

The following syntax is supported:

• * - matches any number of any characters including none

• ? - matches any single character

• [abc] - matches one character given in the bracket

• [a-z] - matches one character from the range given in the bracket

Patterns are evaluated from left to right. If a pattern starts with ! it unselects items that were selected by previous patterns i.e. a?,!aa selects ab but not aa.

-L, --location <list of backup locations>

Specifies where to place the backup in the format [<dc>:]<provider>:<name>. More than one location can be stated in a comma-separated list. The <dc>: part is optional and is only needed when different datacenters are being used to upload data to different locations. name must be an alphanumeric string and may contain a dash and or a dot, but other characters are forbidden. The only supported storage provider is s3.

-T, --snapshot-tag <tag>

Snapshot tag as read from the backup listing

Example: backup files¶

sctool backup files --keyspace system_auth

The command output has the following format:

<provider>://<bucket-name>/backup/sst/cluster/<cluster-id>/dc/<dc-id>/
node/<node-id>/keyspace/<keyspace-name>/table/<table-name>/<table-uuid>/
<filename><delimiter><keyspace-name>/<table-name>

Example:

s3://backups/backup/sst/cluster/7d8f190f-c98d-4a06-8bb5-ae96633ee69a/dc/dc2/
node/f3c6386b-6d54-4546-a2e8-627fff62d3af/keyspace/system_sec/table/roles/5bc52802de2535edaeab188eecebb090/
mc-2-big-TOC.txt system_sec/table

From this information we know the following:

• Provider - s3

• Bucket name - backups

• Cluster ID - 7d8f190f-c98d-4a06-8bb5-ae96633ee69a

• DC - DC2

• Node - f3c6386b-6d54-4546-a2e8-627fff62d3af

• Keyspace - system_sec

• Table name - roles

• Table UUID - 5bc52802de2535edaeab188eecebb090

• File name - mc-2-big-TOC.txt

• Delimiter - whitespace character (ie ‘ ‘)

• Keyspace / table name - system_sec/table

See Restore on information how to use these files to restore a backup.

backup delete parameters¶

In addition to the Global flags, backup delete takes the following parameters:

-L, --location <list of backup locations>

Specifies where to look for the backup in the format [<dc>:]<provider>:<name>. More than one location can be stated in a comma-separated list. The <dc>: part is optional and is only needed when different datacenters are being used to upload data to different locations. name must be an alphanumeric string and may contain a dash and or a dot, but other characters are forbidden. The only supported storage provider is s3.

-T, --snapshot-tag <tag>

Snapshot tag as read from the backup listing.

Example: backup delete¶

sctool backup delete --snapshot-tag sm_20200526115228UTC

The command does not output anything unless an error happens.

cluster add parameters¶

In addition to the Global flags, cluster add takes the following parameters:

--host <node IP>

Specifies the hostname or IP of the node that will be used to discover other nodes belonging to the cluster. Note that this will be persisted and used every time Scylla Manager starts. You can use either an IPv4 or IPv6 address.

-n, --name <alias>

When a cluster is added, it is assigned a unique identifier. Use this parameter to identify the cluster by an alias name which is more meaningful. This alias name can be used with all commands that accept -c, --cluster parameter.

--auth-token <token>

Specifies the auththentication token you identified in /etc/scylla-manager-agent/scylla-manager-agent.yaml

-u, --username <cql username>

Optional CQL username, for security reasons this user should NOT have access to your data. If you specify the CQL username and password, the CQL health check you see in status would try to login and execute a query against system keyspace. Otherwise CQL health check is based on sending CQL OPTIONS frame and does not start a CQL session.

-p, --password <password>

CQL password associated with username.

--without-repair

When cluster is added, Manager schedules repair to repeat every 7 days. To create a cluster without a scheduled repair, use this flag.

Example: cluster add¶

This example is only the command that you use to add the cluster to Scylla Manager, not the entire procedure for adding a cluster. The procedure is detailed in Add a cluster to Scylla Manager.

sctool cluster add --host 34.203.122.52 --auth-token "6Es3dm24U72NzAu9ANWmU3C4ALyVZhwwPZZPWtK10eYGHJ24wMoh9SQxRZEluWMc0qDrsWCCshvfhk9uewOimQS2x5yNTYUEoIkO1VpSmTFu5fsFyoDgEkmNrCJpXtfM" --name prod-cluster
c1bbabf3-cad1-4a59-ab8f-84e2a73b623f
 __
/  \     Cluster added! You can set it as default, by exporting env variable.
@  @     $ export SCYLLA_MANAGER_CLUSTER=c1bbabf3-cad1-4a59-ab8f-84e2a73b623f
|  |     $ export SCYLLA_MANAGER_CLUSTER=prod-cluster
|| |/
|| ||    Now run:
|\_/|    $ sctool status -c prod-cluster
\___/    $ sctool task list -c prod-cluster

Example (IPv6):

sctool cluster add --host 2a05:d018:223:f00:971d:14af:6418:fe2d --auth-token       "6Es3dm24U72NzAu9ANWmU3C4ALyVZhwwPZZPWtK10eYGHJ24wMoh9SQxRZEluWMc0qDrsWCCshvfhk9uewOimQS2x5yNTYUEoIkO1VpSmTFu5fsFyoDgEkmNrCJpXtfM" --name prod-cluster

cluster delete parameters¶

In addition to Global flags, cluster delete takes the following parameter:

-c , --cluster

This is the cluster name is the name you assigned when you created the cluster (cluster add). You can see the cluster name and ID by running the command cluster list.

Example: cluster delete¶

sctool cluster delete -c prod-cluster

cluster list parameters¶

cluster list takes the Global flags.

Example: cluster list¶

sctool cluster list
╭──────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────╮
│ ID                                   │ Name         │
├──────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────┤
│ db7faf98-7cc4-4a08-b707-2bc59d65551e │ prod-cluster │
╰──────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────╯

cluster update parameters¶

In addition to the Global flags, cluster update takes all the cluster add parameters.

-c , --cluster

This is the cluster name is the name you assigned when you created the cluster (cluster add). You can see the cluster name and ID by running the command cluster list.

--host <node IP>

Specifies the hostname or IP of the node that will be used to discover other nodes belonging to the cluster. Note that this will be persisted and used every time Scylla Manager starts. You can use either an IPv4 or IPv6 address.

-n, --name <alias>

When a cluster is added, it is assigned a unique identifier. Use this parameter to identify the cluster by an alias name which is more meaningful. This alias name can be used with all commands that accept -c, --cluster parameter.

--auth-token <token>

Specifies the auththentication token you identified in /etc/scylla-manager-agent/scylla-manager-agent.yaml

-u, --username <cql username>

Optional CQL username, for security reasons this user should NOT have access to your data. If you specify the CQL username and password, the CQL health check you see in status would try to login and execute a query against system keyspace. Otherwise CQL health check is based on sending CQL OPTIONS frame and does not start a CQL session.

-p, --password <password>

CQL password associated with username.

--without-repair

When cluster is added, Manager schedules repair to repeat every 7 days. To create a cluster without a scheduled repair, use this flag.

Example: cluster update¶

In this example, the cluster named cluster has been renamed to prod-cluster.

sctool cluster update --prod-cluster cluster --name prod-cluster

repair parameters¶

In addition to Global flags, repair takes the following parameters:

-c , --cluster

This is the cluster name is the name you assigned when you created the cluster (cluster add). You can see the cluster name and ID by running the command cluster list.

--dc <list of glob patterns>

List of data centers to be repaired, separated by a comma. This can also include glob patterns.

The following syntax is supported:

• * - matches any number of any characters including none

• ? - matches any single character

• [abc] - matches one character given in the bracket

• [a-z] - matches one character from the range given in the bracket

Patterns are evaluated from left to right. If a pattern starts with ! it unselects items that were selected by previous patterns i.e. a?,!aa selects ab but not aa.

Example

Given the following data centers: us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-1, us-west-2.

Default: everything - all data centers

--dry-run

Validates and displays repair information without actually scheduling the repair. This allows you to display what will happen should the repair run with the parameters you set.

Example

Given the following keyspaces:

• system_auth

• system_distributed

• system_traces

• test_keyspace_dc1_rf2, test_keyspace_dc1_rf3, and test_keyspace_dc2_rf2

• keyspace_dc2_rf3

• test_keyspace_rf2 and test_keyspace_rf3

The following command will run a repair on all keyspaces except for test_keyspace_dc1_rf2 in dry-run mode.

sctool repair --dry-run -K '*,!test_keyspace_dc1_rf2'
NOTICE: dry run mode, repair is not scheduled

Data Centers:
  - dc1
  - dc2
Keyspace: system_auth
  (all tables)
Keyspace: system_distributed
  (all tables)
Keyspace: system_traces
  (all tables)
Keyspace: test_keyspace_dc1_rf3
  (all tables)
Keyspace: test_keyspace_dc2_rf2
  (all tables)
Keyspace: test_keyspace_dc2_rf3
  (all tables)
Keyspace: test_keyspace_rf2
  (all tables)
Keyspace: test_keyspace_rf3
  (all tables)

Example with error

sctool repair -K 'system*.bla' --dry-run -c bla
NOTICE: dry run mode, repair is not scheduled

Error: API error (status 400)
{
  "message": "no matching units found for filters, ks=[system*.*bla*]",
  "trace_id": "b_mSOUoOSyqSnDtk9EANyg"
}

--fail-fast

Stops the repair process on the first error.

Default: False

--force

Forces the repair to skip database validation and schedules a repair even if there aren’t any matching keyspaces/tables. This means that if the glob patterns match nothing, a repair will still run.

Default: False

--host <node IP>

Host to repair, you may use that to repair given host with other hosts (–with-hosts), you may also want to specify token ranges to repair (–token-ranges). You can use either an IPv4 or IPv6 address.

--intensity <float>

Repair speed, higher values result in higher speed and may increase cluster load. Values in a range (0-1) result in lower speed and load.

When intensity is below 1, the repair is executed only on the specified fraction of shards at the same time. Please note that this only works with versions that are not row-level-repair enabled.

Default: 0

-K, --keyspace <list of glob patterns>

A list of glob patterns separated by a comma. The patterns match keyspaces and tables, when you write the pattern, separate the keyspace name from the table name with a dot (KEYSPACE.TABLE).

The following syntax is supported:

• * - matches any number of any characters including none

• ? - matches any single character

• [abc] - matches one character given in the bracket

• [a-z] - matches one character from the range given in the bracket

Patterns are evaluated from left to right. If a pattern starts with ! it unselects items that were selected by previous patterns i.e. a?,!aa selects ab but not aa.

Example

Given the following tables:

• shopping_cart.cart

• orders.orders_by_date_2018_11_01

• orders.orders_by_date_2018_11_15

• orders.orders_by_date_2018_11_29

• orders.orders_by_date_2018_12_06

Default: everything - all tables in all keyspaces

--token-ranges <pr|npr|all>

Dictates which token range is used for the repair. There are three to choose from:

• pr- restricts the repair to the Primary token Range. This is a token range where the node is the first replica in the ring. It is important that if you choose this option to make sure it runs on every node in the cluster in order to repair the entire ring.

• npr- runs the repair on the non-primary token range.

• all- repairs all ranges, primary and non-primary.

Default: pr

--with-hosts <list of node IPs>

List of hosts to repair with separated by a comma. When the repair runs the repair compares the --host with the --with-hosts.

Use caution with this flag. It disables the built-in Scylla mechanism for repair and uses only the IP or hostname you set here. If there is a situation where there is missing data in the –with-host cluster, it will be deleted from the subsequent clusters. You can use either an IPv4 or IPv6 address.

--interval <time between task runs>

Amount of time after which a successfully completed task would be run again. Supported time units include:

• d - days,

• h - hours,

• m - minutes,

• s - seconds.

Default 0 (no interval)

-s, --start-date <now+duration|RFC3339>

The date can be expressed relatively to now or as a RFC3339 formatted string. To run the task in 2 hours use now+2h, supported units are:

• h - hours,

• m - minutes,

• s - seconds,

• ms - milliseconds.

If you want the task to start at a specified date use RFC3339 formatted string i.e. 2018-01-02T15:04:05-07:00. If you want the repair to start immediately, use the value now or skip this flag.

Default: now (start immediately)

-r, --num-retries <times to rerun a failed task>

Number of times a task reruns following a failure. The task reruns 10 minutes following a failure. If the task fails after the retry times have been used, it will not retry again until its next run which was scheduled according to the --interval parameter.

Default: 3

Example: Schedule a repair¶

Repairs can be scheduled to run on selected keyspaces/tables, nodes, or datacenters. Scheduled repairs run every n days, depending on the frequency you set. A scheduled repair runs at the time you set it to run at. If no time is given, the repair runs immediately. Repairs can run once or can run at a set schedule based on a time interval.

sctool repair -c prod-cluster -s 2019-05-02T15:04:05-07:00 --interval 7d

repair/3208ff15-6e8f-48b2-875c-d3c73f545410

sctool repair -c prod-cluster --dc 'asia-*' -s 2018-09-15T19:00:05-07:00 --interval 7d

sctool repair -c prod-cluster -K 'orders.2018_12_' -s 2018-12-04T08:00:05-07:00 --interval 7d

sctool repair -c prod-cluster --host 198.100.51.11 --token-ranges all

status parameters¶

status takes the Global flags.

Example: status¶

sctool status
Cluster: prod-cluster (c1bbabf3-cad1-4a59-ab8f-84e2a73b623f)
Datacenter: eu-west
╭────┬───────────────┬────────────┬──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────╮
│    │ CQL           │ REST       │ Host         │ Host ID                              │
├────┼───────────────┼────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ UN │ UP SSL (42ms) │ UP (52ms)  │ 10.0.114.68  │ 45a7390d-d162-4daa-8bff-6469c9956f8b │
│ UN │ UP SSL (38ms) │ UP (88ms)  │ 10.0.138.46  │ 8dad7fc7-5a82-4fbb-8901-f6f60c12342a │
│ UN │ UP SSL (38ms) │ UP (298ms) │ 10.0.196.204 │ 44eebe5b-e0cb-4e45-961f-4ad175592977 │
│ UN │ UP SSL (43ms) │ UP (159ms) │ 10.0.66.115  │ 918a52aa-cc42-43a4-a499-f7b1ccb53b18 │
╰────┴───────────────┴────────────┴──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────╯

task delete parameters¶

In addition to the Global Flags, task delete takes the following parameter:

-c , --cluster

This is the cluster name is the name you assigned when you created the cluster (cluster add). You can see the cluster name and ID by running the command cluster list.

Example: task delete¶

This example deletes the repair from the task list. You need the task ID for this action. This can be retrieved using the command sctool task list. Once the repair is removed, you cannot resume the repair. You will have to create a new one.

sctool task delete -c prod-cluster repair/143d160f-e53c-4890-a9e7-149561376cfd

task history parameters¶

In addition to the Global Flags, task history takes the following parameters:

-c , --cluster

This is the cluster name is the name you assigned when you created the cluster (cluster add). You can see the cluster name and ID by running the command cluster list.

--limit <number of results>

Limits the number of returned results.

Default 10

Example: task history¶

sctool task history repair/730a134a-4792-4139-bc6c-75d2ba7a1e62 -c prod-cluster

╭──────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┬──────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ ID                                   │ Start time             │ End time               │ Duration │ Status                                         │
├──────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ f81ba8ad-ad79-11e8-915f-42010af000a9 │ 01 Jan 18 00:00:00 UTC │ 01 Jan 18 00:00:30 UTC │ 30s      │ STOPPED                                        │
│ e02d2caf-ad2a-11e8-915e-42010af000a9 │ 31 Feb 18 14:33:05 UTC │ 31 Feb 18 14:34:35 UTC │ 90s      │ SUCCESS                                        │
│ 7a8c6fe2-ad29-11e8-915d-42010af000a9 │ 31 Mar 18 14:23:20 UTC │ 31 Mar 18 14:23:20 UTC │ 0s       │ ERROR failed to load units …                   │
│ 08f75324-610d-11e9-9aac-42010af000a9 │ 05 Apr 19 12:33:42 UTC │ 05 Apr 19 12:33:43 UTC │ 1s       │ DONE                                           │
│ 000681e1-610d-11e9-9aab-42010af000a9 │ 09 Apr 19 12:33:27 UTC │ 09 Apr 19 12:33:28 UTC │ 1s       │ DONE                                           │
│ f715fb82-610c-11e9-9aaa-42010af000a9 │ 11 Apr 19 12:33:12 UTC │ 11 Apr 19 12:33:13 UTC │ 1s       │ DONE                                           │
│ ee251fc0-610c-11e9-9aa9-42010af000a9 │ 13 Apr 19 12:32:57 UTC │ 13 Apr 19 12:32:58 UTC │ 1s       │ DONE                                           │
│ e5343b52-610c-11e9-9aa8-42010af000a9 │ 15 Apr 19 15:32:42 UTC │ 15 Apr 19 15:32:43 UTC │ 1s       │ DONE                                           │
│ dc435562-610c-11e9-9aa7-42010af000a9 │ 17 Apr 19 12:32:27 UTC │ 17 Apr 19 12:32:28 UTC │ 1s       │ DONE                                           │
╰──────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────┴────────────────────────┴──────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

task list parameters¶

In addition to the Global Flags, task list takes the following parameters:

-c , --cluster

This is the cluster name is the name you assigned when you created the cluster (cluster add). You can see the cluster name and ID by running the command cluster list.

--all

Lists all tasks, including those which have been disabled. Disabled tasks are prefixed with *. For example *repair/afe9a610-e4c7-4d05-860e-5a0ddf14d7aa.

--sort <sort-key>

Returns a list of tasks sorted according to the last run status and sort key which you provide. Accepted sort key values are:

• start-time

• next-activation

• end-time

• status

start-time, next-activation, and end-time are sorted in ascending order.

status is sorted using the following order: “NEW”, “RUNNING”, “STOPPED”, “DONE”, “ERROR”, “ABORTED”.

--status <status>

Filters tasks according to their last run status. Accepted values are NEW, STARTING, RUNNING, STOPPING, STOPPED, DONE, ERROR, ABORTED.

-t, --type <task type>

Display only tasks of a given type.

Example: task list¶

sctool task list
Cluster: prod-cluster (c1bbabf3-cad1-4a59-ab8f-84e2a73b623f)
╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┬─────────╮
│ Task                                                  │ Arguments                            │ Next run                      │ Status  │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────┼─────────┤
│ healthcheck/ebccaade-4487-4ce9-80ee-d39e295c752e      │                                      │ 02 Apr 20 10:47:48 UTC (+15s) │ DONE    │
│ healthcheck_rest/eff03af0-21ee-473a-b674-5e4bedc37b8b │                                      │ 02 Apr 20 11:02:03 UTC (+1h)  │ DONE    │
│ backup/2d7df8bb-69bc-4782-a52f-1ec87f9c2c1c           │ -L s3:manager-backup-tests-eu-west-1 │                               │ RUNNING │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────┴─────────╯

Setting the --all flag will also list disabled tasks which are not shown in the regular view. Disabled tasks are prefixed with a *.

task progress parameters¶

In addition to the Global flags, repair progress takes the following parameters:

-c , --cluster

This is the cluster name is the name you assigned when you created the cluster (cluster add). You can see the cluster name and ID by running the command cluster list.

--details

More detailed progress data, depending on task type.

Example: task progress¶

This example displays the progress of a running repair.

sctool task progress repair/dff91fd1-f430-4f98-8932-373644fe647e -c prod-cluster
Status:         RUNNING
Start time:     17 Apr 19 12:55:57 UTC
Duration:       46s
Progress:       0.45%
Datacenters:
  - dc1
  - dc2
╭───────────────────────┬───────╮
│ system_auth           │ 3.85% │
│ system_distributed    │ 0.00% │
│ system_traces         │ 0.00% │
│ test_keyspace_dc1_rf2 │ 0.00% │
│ test_keyspace_dc1_rf3 │ 0.00% │
│ test_keyspace_dc2_rf2 │ 0.00% │
│ test_keyspace_dc2_rf3 │ 0.00% │
│ test_keyspace_rf2     │ 0.00% │
│ test_keyspace_rf3     │ 0.00% │
╰───────────────────────┴───────╯

The --details flag shows each host’s shard repair progress, with the shards numbered from zero.

sctool task progress repair/dff91fd1-f430-4f98-8932-373644fe647e -c prod-cluster --details
Status:         RUNNING
Start time:     17 Apr 19 12:55:57 UTC
Duration:       3m0s
Progress:       1.91%
Datacenters:
  - dc1
  - dc2
╭───────────────────────┬────────╮
│ system_auth           │ 16.30% │
│ system_distributed    │ 0.00%  │
│ system_traces         │ 0.00%  │
│ test_keyspace_dc1_rf2 │ 0.00%  │
│ test_keyspace_dc1_rf3 │ 0.00%  │
│ test_keyspace_dc2_rf2 │ 0.00%  │
│ test_keyspace_dc2_rf3 │ 0.00%  │
│ test_keyspace_rf2     │ 0.00%  │
│ test_keyspace_rf3     │ 0.00%  │
╰───────────────────────┴────────╯
╭───────────────────────┬───────┬──────────┬───────────────┬─────────────────┬───────────────╮
│ system_auth           │ shard │ progress │ segment_count │ segment_success │ segment_error │
├───────────────────────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ 192.168.100.11        │ 0     │ 100.00%  │ 748           │ 748             │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.11        │ 1     │ 100.00%  │ 757           │ 757             │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.22        │ 0     │ 2.40%    │ 791           │ 19              │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.22        │ 1     │ 2.35%    │ 807           │ 19              │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.12        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 740           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.12        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 740           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.13        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 922           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.13        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 930           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.21        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 765           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.21        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 767           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.23        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 752           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.23        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 747           │ 0               │ 0             │
├───────────────────────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ system_distributed    │ shard │ progress │ segment_count │ segment_success │ segment_error │
├───────────────────────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ 192.168.100.11        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 748           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.11        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 757           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.12        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 740           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.12        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 740           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.13        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 922           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.13        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 930           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.21        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 765           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.21        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 767           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.22        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 791           │ 0               │ 0             │
├───────────────────────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ system_traces         │ shard │ progress │ segment_count │ segment_success │ segment_error │
├───────────────────────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ 192.168.100.11        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 748           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.11        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 757           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.12        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 740           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.12        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 740           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.13        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 922           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.13        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 930           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.21        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 765           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.21        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 767           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.22        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 791           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.22        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 807           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.23        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 752           │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.23        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 747           │ 0               │ 0             │
├───────────────────────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ test_keyspace_dc1_rf2 │ shard │ progress │ segment_count │ segment_success │ segment_error │
├───────────────────────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ 192.168.100.11        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1339          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.11        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1339          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.12        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1482          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.12        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1480          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.13        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1523          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.13        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1528          │ 0               │ 0             │
├───────────────────────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ test_keyspace_dc1_rf3 │ shard │ progress │ segment_count │ segment_success │ segment_error │
├───────────────────────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ 192.168.100.11        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1339          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.11        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1339          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.12        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1482          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.12        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1480          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.13        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1523          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.13        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1528          │ 0               │ 0             │
├───────────────────────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ test_keyspace_dc2_rf2 │ shard │ progress │ segment_count │ segment_success │ segment_error │
├───────────────────────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ 192.168.100.21        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1349          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.21        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1343          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.22        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1550          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.22        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1561          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.23        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1450          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.23        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1465          │ 0               │ 0             │
├───────────────────────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ test_keyspace_dc2_rf3 │ shard │ progress │ segment_count │ segment_success │ segment_error │
├───────────────────────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ 192.168.100.21        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1349          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.21        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1343          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.22        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1550          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.22        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1561          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.23        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1450          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.23        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1465          │ 0               │ 0             │
├───────────────────────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ test_keyspace_rf2     │ shard │ progress │ segment_count │ segment_success │ segment_error │
├───────────────────────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ 192.168.100.21        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1349          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.21        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1343          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.22        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1550          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.22        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1561          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.23        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1450          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.23        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1465          │ 0               │ 0             │
├───────────────────────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ test_keyspace_rf3     │ shard │ progress │ segment_count │ segment_success │ segment_error │
├───────────────────────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ 192.168.100.11        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1339          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.11        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1339          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.12        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1482          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.12        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1480          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.13        │ 0     │ 0.00%    │ 1523          │ 0               │ 0             │
│ 192.168.100.13        │ 1     │ 0.00%    │ 1528          │ 0               │ 0             │
╰───────────────────────┴───────┴──────────┴───────────────┴─────────────────┴───────────────╯

Example with a backup task

sctool task progress -c prod-cluster backup/f0642e3e-e1cb-44ba-8447-f8d43672bcfd
Arguments:      -L s3:manager-backup-tests-eu-west-1
Status:         RUNNING
Start time:     02 Apr 20 10:09:27 UTC
Duration:       40m30s
Progress:       1%
Snapshot Tag:   sm_20200402100931UTC
Datacenters:
- eu-west
╭──────────────┬──────────┬───────────┬──────────┬──────────────┬────────╮
│ Host         │ Progress │      Size │  Success │ Deduplicated │ Failed │
├──────────────┼──────────┼───────────┼──────────┼──────────────┼────────┤
│ 10.0.114.68  │       1% │ 952.11GiB │ 13.22GiB │       538KiB │     0B │
│ 10.0.138.46  │       1% │ 938.00GiB │ 13.43GiB │       830MiB │     0B │
│ 10.0.196.204 │       1% │ 934.58GiB │ 13.79GiB │       206MiB │     0B │
│ 10.0.66.115  │       1% │ 897.43GiB │ 12.17GiB │       523KiB │     0B │
╰──────────────┴──────────┴───────────┴──────────┴──────────────┴────────╯

task start parameters¶

In addition to the Global Flags, task start takes the following parameters:

-c , --cluster

This is the cluster name is the name you assigned when you created the cluster (cluster add). You can see the cluster name and ID by running the command cluster list.

--continue

Try to resume the last run.

Default true

Example: task start¶

This example resumes running, which was previously stopped. To start a repair that is scheduled but is currently not running, use the task update command making sure to set the start time to now. See Example: task update.

If you have stopped a repair, you can resume it by running the following command. You will need the task ID for this action. This can be retrieved using the command sctool task list.

sctool task start -c prod-cluster repair/143d160f-e53c-4890-a9e7-149561376cfd

task stop parameters¶

In addition to the Global flags, task stop takes the following parameter:

-c , --cluster

This is the cluster name is the name you assigned when you created the cluster (cluster add). You can see the cluster name and ID by running the command cluster list.

Example: task stop¶

This example immediately stops running repair. The task is not deleted and can be resumed at a later time. You will need the task ID for this action. This can be retrieved using the command sctool task list.

sctool task stop -c prod-cluster repair/143d160f-e53c-4890-a9e7-149561376cfd

task update parameters¶

In addition to Global flags, task stop takes the following parameters:

-c , --cluster

This is the cluster name is the name you assigned when you created the cluster (cluster add). You can see the cluster name and ID by running the command cluster list.

-e, --enabled

Setting enabled to false disables the task. The disabled task is not executed and hidden from the task list. To show disabled tasks invoke sctool task list --all (see task list).

Default true

-n, --name <alias>

Adds a name to a task.

--tags <list of tags>

Allows you to tag the task with a list of text.

--interval <time between task runs>

Amount of time after which a successfully completed task would be run again. Supported time units include:

• d - days,

• h - hours,

• m - minutes,

• s - seconds.

Default 0 (no interval)

-s, --start-date <now+duration|RFC3339>

The date can be expressed relatively to now or as a RFC3339 formatted string. To run the task in 2 hours use now+2h, supported units are:

• h - hours,

• m - minutes,

• s - seconds,

• ms - milliseconds.

If you want the task to start at a specified date use RFC3339 formatted string i.e. 2018-01-02T15:04:05-07:00. If you want the repair to start immediately, use the value now or skip this flag.

Default: now (start immediately)

-r, --num-retries <times to rerun a failed task>

Number of times a task reruns following a failure. The task reruns 10 minutes following a failure. If the task fails after the retry times have been used, it will not retry again until its next run which was scheduled according to the --interval parameter.

Default: 3

Example: task update¶

This example disables the task

sctool task update -c prod-cluster repair/4d79ee63-7721-4105-8c6a-5b98c65c3e21 --enabled false

This example reschedules the repair to run in 3 hours from now instead of whatever time it was supposed to run and sets the repair to run every two days. The new time you set replaces the time which was previously set.

sctool task update -c prod-cluster repair/143d160f-e53c-4890-a9e7-149561376cfd -s now+3h --interval 2d

version parameters¶

version takes the Global flags.

Example: version¶

sctool version
Client version: 2.1-0.20200401.ce91f2ad
Server version: 2.1-0.20200401.ce91f2ad