Exporting and importing data

The YDB CLI contains a set of commands designed to export and import data and descriptions of data schema objects. Data can be exported to create backups for subsequent recovery and for other purposes.

• The export file structure is used for exporting data both to the file system and S3-compatible object storage.
• Exporting cluster' metadata to the file system using admin cluster dump
• Importing cluster' metadata from the file system using admin cluster restore
• Exporting database' metadata and data to the file system using admin database dump
• Importing database' metadata and data from the file system using admin database restore
• Exporting individual schema objects to the file system using tools dump
• Importing individual schema objects from the file system using tools restore
• Connecting to and authenticating with S3-compatible object storage
• Exporting data to S3-compatible object storage using export s3
• Importing data from S3-compatible object storage using import s3