snapshot-intervalis your desired interval. Acceptable values
are:1h,6h,12h, and24h.
Pausing snapshots
gcloud
To pause snapshots, you must to set the snapshot schedule to a future time.
When you want to unpause snapshots, you can re-adjust the time to when you
want the next snapshot to occur. For example, to pause snapshots, enter the
following command replacingvariableswith appropriate values:
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Manage RDB snapshots\n\nThe page explains how to perform common tasks for the RDB snapshots feature.\nFor details on RDB snapshots feature, refer to [RDB snapshots overview](/memorystore/docs/redis/rdb-snapshots).\n| **Note:** During the Preview stage of the RDB Snapshots feature you cannot enable RDB Snapshots for existing Redis instances. You can only enable snapshots when creating a new Redis instance.\n\nCreating an instance that uses RDB snapshots\n--------------------------------------------\n\n### Console\n\n1. Go to the **Memorystore for Redis** page in the Google Cloud console.\n\n [Memorystore for Redis](https://console.cloud.google.com/memorystore/redis/instances?)\n2. Follow the instructions at [Creating a Redis instance on a VPC network](/memorystore/docs/redis/create-manage-instances#creating_a_redis_instance_on_a_vpc_network),\n but return to these instructions when you reach the **Snapshots** section.\n\n3. Select **Select Redis Database (RDB) snapshot**.\n\n 1. Choose a start time from the **Start Time** dropdown.\n 2. Choose a snapshot interval from the **Snapshot Interval** dropdown.\n4. Return to the [Creating a Redis instance on a VPC network](/memorystore/docs/redis/create-manage-instances#creating_a_redis_instance_on_a_vpc_network)\n instructions for\n additional guidance on other Memorystore configurations,\n and click the **Create** button.\n\n### gcloud\n\nTo enable RDB snapshots on an instance, enter the following command\nreplacing \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003evariables\u003c/var\u003e with appropriate values: \n\n```\ngcloud redis instances create instance-id --size=size --persistence-mode=rdb --rdb-snapshot-period=snapshot-interval --rdb-snapshot-start-time=time --region=region-id\n```\n\nWhere:\n\n- \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003esnapshot-interval\u003c/var\u003e is your desired interval. Accepted values are: `1h`, `6h`, `12h`, and `24h`.\n- \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003etime\u003c/var\u003e is your desired start time in the ISO 1801 format. For example: `2021-01-02T03:00:00Z`.\n\nEnabling snapshots on an existing instance\n------------------------------------------\n\n### Console\n\n1. Go to the **Memorystore for Redis** page in the Google Cloud console.\n\n [Memorystore for Redis](https://console.cloud.google.com/memorystore/redis/instances?)\n2. Click the ID of the instance you want to add RDB snapshots to.\n\n3. Find the *Snapshots* section.\n\n4. Select **Schedule Redis Database (RDB) snapshot**.\n\n 1. Choose a start time.\n\n 2. Choose a snapshot interval.\n\n5. Click the **Save** button.\n\n### gcloud\n\nRun the following command, replacing \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003evariables\u003c/var\u003e with appropriate\nvalues: \n\n```\ngcloud redis instances update instance_id --region=region --persistence-mode=rdb --rdb-snapshot-period=snapshot-interval --rdb-snapshot-start-time=time\n```\n\nWhere:\n\n- \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003esnapshot-interval\u003c/var\u003e is your desired interval. Accepted values are `1h`, `6h`, `12h`, and `24h`.\n- \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003etime\u003c/var\u003e is your desired start time in the ISO 1801 format. For example: `2021-01-02T03:00:00Z`.\n\nAdjusting snapshot schedule\n---------------------------\n\n### gcloud\n\nTo adjust the schedule of RDB snapshots, enter the following command\nreplacing \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003evariables\u003c/var\u003e with appropriate values: \n\n```\ngcloud redis instances update instance-id --rdb-snapshot-start-time=time --region=region\n```\n\nWhere:\n\n- \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003etime\u003c/var\u003e is your desired start time in the ISO 1801 format. For example: `2021-01-02T03:00:00Z`.\n\nAdjusting snapshot interval\n---------------------------\n\n### Console\n\n1. Go to the **Memorystore for Redis** page in the Google Cloud console.\n\n [Memorystore for Redis](https://console.cloud.google.com/memorystore/redis/instances?)\n2. Click the **Instance ID** of the instance you'd like to edit.\n\n3. Click the **Edit** button\n\n4. Find the **Snapshots** section.\n\n5. Use the **Snapshot Interval** dropdown to select your desired interval.\n\n6. Click the **Save** button.\n\n### gcloud\n\nTo change the snapshot interval, enter the following command\nreplacing \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003evariables\u003c/var\u003e with appropriate values: \n\n```\ngcloud redis instances update instance-id --rdb-snapshot-period=snapshot-interval\n--region=region\n```\n\nWhere:\n\n- \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003esnapshot-interval\u003c/var\u003e is your desired interval. Acceptable values are: `1h`, `6h`, `12h`, and `24h`.\n\nPausing snapshots\n-----------------\n\n### gcloud\n\nTo pause snapshots, you must to set the snapshot schedule to a future time.\nWhen you want to unpause snapshots, you can re-adjust the time to when you\nwant the next snapshot to occur. For example, to pause snapshots, enter the\nfollowing command replacing \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003evariables\u003c/var\u003e with appropriate values: \n\n```\ngcloud redis instances update instance-id --rdb-snapshot-start-time=2022-06-10T03:00:00Z\n--region=region\n```\n| **Note:** Pausing snapshots will result in stale backups and can result in the instance being recovered with stale data. If you need to pause snapshots for a long period of time, consider disabling RDB snapshot instead.\n\nDisabling RDB snapshots\n-----------------------\n\n### Console\n\n1. Go to the **Memorystore for Redis** page in the Google Cloud console.\n\n [Memorystore for Redis](https://console.cloud.google.com/memorystore/redis/instances?)\n2. Click the **Instance ID** of the instance you'd like to edit.\n\n3. Click the **Edit** button\n\n4. Unselect **Schedule Redis Database (RDB) snapshot**.\n\n | **Note:** This action stops ongoing snapshots and deletes existing snapshots.\n5. Click the **Save** button.\n\n### gcloud\n\nTo disable RDB snapshots for a Redis instance, enter the following command\nreplacing \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003evariables\u003c/var\u003e with appropriate values: \n\n```\ngcloud redis instances update instance-id --persistence-mode=disabled --region=region\n```\n| **Note:** Running this command stops ongoing snapshots and deletes existing snapshots.\n\nMonitoring RDB snapshots\n------------------------\n\n### Console\n\nThe **Instance details** page for Redis instance provides the following RDB\nsnapshots metrics:\n\n- Frequency\n- Next snapshot\n- Last snapshot status\n- Time since last snapshot\n- Time of last restore\n\nTo view these details:\n\n1. Go to the **Memorystore for Redis** page in the Google Cloud console.\n\n [Memorystore for Redis](https://console.cloud.google.com/memorystore/redis/instances?)\n2. Click the **Instance ID** of your instance.\n\n3. View the snapshot information under the **RDB Snapshots** section.\n\n### Cloud Monitoring\n\nYou can use [Cloud Monitoring](/memorystore/docs/redis/monitoring-instances)\nto view metrics for RDB snapshots.\n\nFor a list of available metrics for RDB snapshots, see [RDB snapshots metrics](/memorystore/docs/redis/monitoring-metrics#rdb_snapshots_metrics).\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n- See the overview of [RDB Snapshots](/memorystore/docs/redis/rdb-snapshots) for Memorystore.\n- Learn more about [importing and exporting](/memorystore/docs/redis/import-export-overview) data."]]
