diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/backup-restore/online-backup.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/backup-restore/online-backup.adoc index 67c6445d8..ba69b18ee 100644 --- a/modules/ROOT/pages/backup-restore/online-backup.adoc +++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/backup-restore/online-backup.adoc @@ -64,10 +64,13 @@ For more information, see xref:backup-restore/online-backup.adoc#online-backup-c [source,role=noheader] ---- -neo4j-admin database backup [-h] [--expand-commands] [--prefer-diff-as-parent] [--verbose] [--compress[=true|false]] - [--keep-failed[=true|false]] [--parallel-recovery[=true|false]] [--remote-address-resolution - [=true|false]] [--additional-config=] [--include-metadata=none|all|users[=user1,user2] - |roles] [--inspect-path=] [--pagecache=] [--temp-path=] +neo4j-admin database backup [-h] [--expand-commands] [--prefer-diff-as-parent] [--verbose] + [--compress[=true|false]] [--keep-failed[=true|false]] + [--parallel-download[=true|false]] [--parallel-recovery[=true|false]] + [--remote-address-resolution[=true|false]] [--skip-recovery + [=true|false]] [--additional-config=] + [--include-metadata=none|all|users[=user1,user2]|roles] + [--inspect-path=] [--pagecache=] [--temp-path=] [--to-path=] [--type=] [--from=[,...]]... [...] ---- @@ -154,6 +157,10 @@ It is recommended to use `SHOW USERS`, `SHOW ROLES`, and `SHOW ROLE $role PRIVIL |The size of the page cache to use for the backup process. | +|--parallel-download[=true\|false] +|label:new[Introduced in 2025.11] Download backup data from multiple Neo4j instances in parallel. +|false + |--parallel-recovery[=true\|false] | Allow multiple threads to apply pulled transactions to a backup in parallel. For some databases and workloads, this may reduce backup times significantly. Note: this is an EXPERIMENTAL option. Consult Neo4j support before use. @@ -167,6 +174,10 @@ Note: this is an EXPERIMENTAL option. Consult Neo4j support before use. |label:new[Introduced in 2025.09] Allow the DBMS to automatically determine which servers are eligible to serve as backup sources, instead of requiring manual selection. |false +|--skip-recovery[=true\|false] +|label:new[Introduced in 2025.11] Skip recovery as part of the full backup. Skipping recovery might result in faster backups, but recovery will have to be done during restore time. +|false + |--temp-path= |Provide a path to a temporary empty directory for storing backup files until the command is completed. The files will be deleted once the command is finished. | @@ -380,6 +391,13 @@ The server selection occurs in the following order: * The DBMS first selects all servers hosting the database in secondary mode. * If it is not possible to back up from one of the secondaries, the DBMS attempts to take a backup from the primary followers before finally trying the database primary writer. +[role=label--new-2025.11] +==== Using `--parallel-download` + +Starting from 2025.11, the `--parallel-download` option is available. +When enabled, the backup process pulls data from multiple servers which have been either defined in the `--from` option or determined from `--remote-address-resolution`. + +Note that this will speed up the backup process if sufficient throughput is provisioned for both the backup process and the source servers from which data is being pulled. [[online-backup-example]] == Examples