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• Step 2: Restore the Snapshot into the Target Cluster (p. 230)
• Step 3: Verify Data in the Target Cluster (p. 231)
• Step 4: Resize the Target Cluster (p. 232)
• Step 5: Copy Post-Snapshot Data from the Source to the Target Cluster (p. 233)
• Step 6: Rename the Source and Target Clusters (p. 234)
• Step 7: Delete the Source Cluster (p. 235)
• Step 8: Clean Up Your Environment (p. 236)
Prerequisites
Before you start this tutorial, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
• A sample cluster. In this example, you’ll start with the sample cluster that you created in the Amazon
Redshift Getting Started exercise. If you don't have a sample cluster to use for this tutorial, complete
the Getting Started exercise to create one and then return to this tutorial.
• A SQL client tool or application to connect to the cluster. This tutorial uses SQL Workbench/J, which
you installed if you performed the steps in the Amazon Redshift Getting Started exercise. If you do not
have SQL Workbench/J or another SQL client tool, see Connect to Your Cluster by Using SQL
Workbench/J (p. 162).
• Sample data. In this tutorial, you’ll take a snapshot of your cluster, and then perform some write queries
in the database that cause a difference between the data in the source cluster and the new cluster
where you will restore the snapshot. Before you begin this tutorial, load your cluster with the sample
data from Amazon S3 as described in the Amazon Redshift Getting Started exercise.
Step 1:Take a Snapshot
1. Open the Amazon Redshift console.
2. In the navigation pane, click Clusters, and then click the cluster to open. If you are using the same
cluster from the Amazon Redshift Getting Started exercise, click examplecluster.
3. On the Configuration tab of the Cluster details page, click Take Snapshot in the Backup list.
4. In the Create Snapshot window, type examplecluster-source in the Snapshot Identifier box, and
then click Create.
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