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cbbackupmgr
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Couchbase Server Enterprise subscription (includes cbbackupmgr)
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Couchbase Enterprise Edition tool · backup and restore for Couchbase clusters
Read 8 Oct 2026 · couchbase.com
On the record
- Authentication
- The utility can authenticate to a cluster with a username and password or with a client certificate and private key.docs.couchbase.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Backup encryption
- Encrypted repositories support AES256GCM by default or AES256CBC, with AWS KMS, GCP KMS, Azure Key Vault, and HashiCorp Vault Transit as external key managers.docs.couchbase.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Backup management
- The command suite can create repositories, inspect, compact, merge, and remove backups, collect diagnostic information, and restore data.docs.couchbase.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Cloud storage
- Native cloud integration supports AWS S3, Google Storage, and Azure Blob Storage for Couchbase Server 7.1.2 and later.docs.couchbase.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Deduplication
- Merging backups deduplicates data so the merged backup can use less disk space than the prior backups.docs.couchbase.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Hardware requirements
- The minimum hardware requirement is four CPU cores and 8 GiB RAM; the recommended hardware is sixteen CPU cores, 16 GiB RAM, and SSD disks.docs.couchbase.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Incremental backups
- All backups are incremental by default, transferring new data since the previous backup in the repository.docs.couchbase.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Intended use
- Couchbase describes cbbackupmgr as an Enterprise Edition tool and recommends Enterprise Edition binaries for commercial production systems.docs.couchbase.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Operational limitation
- Commands that connect to a cluster are unsupported during major cluster configuration changes, although they may run during a rebalance.docs.couchbase.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Passphrase limit
- The documentation says passphrase-based encryption is not supported in production and should be used only for development or testing.docs.couchbase.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- cbbackupmgr is a high-performance backup and restore client for Couchbase Server clusters.docs.couchbase.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- Couchbase directs urgent issues to its Support Team and bugs to its Jira Bug Tracker.docs.couchbase.com · read 8 Oct 2026
