MinIO Client - Time Machine

mc-rewind-snap.md

REWIND

Implement rewind as a global flag for all mc sub-commands.

• List all objects at this prefix as of 4 days 2 hours 10 mins ago.

  mc ls PREFIX --rewind 4d2h10m

• List all objects at this prefix exatly on at this time (RFC3339 format).

  mc ls TARGET --rewind 2011.11.16T22:30

• List all objects and its versions as of 10 horus 20 mins ago.

  mc ls TARGET --rewind 10h30m --versions

• Copy all objects as of 10 days ago from SOURCE.

  mc cp SOURCE TARGET --rewind 10d

SNAPSHOT

Create a snapshot of all the objects and its versions at a given point in time (now or past). Snapshot appear as its own self-contained virtual site.

• Create a snapshot of this prefix as of now.

  mc snap create my-snap play/testbucket/prefix

• Create a snapshot of this prefix as of 24 hours before.

  mc snap create my-snap play/testbucket/prefix --rewind 24h

• List all snapshots.

  mc snap list

• Explore contents of a snapshot.

  mc snap list my-snap

• Explore contents of snapshot export file.

  mc snap list -f my-snap.snap

• Remove a snapshot.

  mc snap remove my-snap

• Export / import snapshots to share.

  mc snap export my-snap > mybackup.snap
  mc snap import my-snap < mybackup.snap
  

• Copy from a snapshot.

  mc cp my-snap play/newbucket/prefix

• Mirror from a snapshot.

  mc mirror my-snap play/newbucket/prefix

• Error case.

  mc rm snapshotname/ (errors out, says use mc snap rm)