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cbbackupmgr

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Spec sheet

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

Plans and prices

Couchbase Server Enterprise subscription (includes cbbackupmgr) Priced on request Traditional subscription based on the total number of production nodes; request pricing. Couchbase Enterprise Edition tool · backup and restore for Couchbase clusters Read 8 Oct 2026 · couchbase.com

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