Backup in Cassandra maintain at node level , so any backup that taken in the one node does not contain other nodes data, so you must take backup of each node, cassandra maintains backups as snapshots means an entire sstables at disk level copied to a different folder with snapshot id as like below.
root@wash-i-16ca26c8-prod ~/.ccm/repository/4.5.2/resources/cassandra/bin $ ccm node1 nodetool snapshot PortfolioDemo
Requested creating snapshot for: PortfolioDemo
Snapshot directory: 1468236726789
root@wash-i-16ca26c8-prod ~/.ccm/geek_cluster/node2/data0/PortfolioDemo/Portfolios/snapshots $ ls -ltr
total 0
root@wash-i-16ca
root@wash-i-16ca26c8-prod ~/.ccm/geek_cluster/node1/data0/PortfolioDemo/Portfolios/snapshots/1468236726789 $ ls -ltr
total 1072
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 13456 Jul 11 12:02 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-5-Filter.db
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 220000 Jul 11 12:02 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-5-Index.db
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 576097 Jul 11 12:02 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-5-Data.db
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 243 Jul 11 12:02 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-5-CompressionInfo.db
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 4406 Jul 11 12:02 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-5-Statistics.db
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 79 Jul 11 12:02 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-5-TOC.txt
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 1652 Jul 11 12:02 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-5-Summary.db
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 3696 Jul 11 19:58 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-6-Filter.db
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 64548 Jul 11 19:58 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-6-Index.db
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 169778 Jul 11 19:58 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-6-Data.db
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 99 Jul 11 19:58 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-6-CompressionInfo.db
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 4390 Jul 11 19:58 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-6-Statistics.db
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 79 Jul 11 19:58 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-6-TOC.txt
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 532 Jul 11 19:58 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-6-Summary.db
root@wash-i-16ca26c8-prod ~/.ccm/geek_cluster/node1/data0/PortfolioDemo/Portfolios/snapshots/1468236726789 $
Size of Snapshot for One SS Table
root@wash-i-16ca26c8-prod ~/.ccm/geek_cluster/node1/data0/PortfolioDemo/Portfolios/snapshots $ du -sh *
1.1M 1468236726789
Size of Data for One SS Table
root@wash-i-16ca26c8-prod ~/.ccm/geek_cluster/node1/data0/PortfolioDemo/Portfolios $ du -h
1.1M .
root@wash-i-16ca26c8-prod ~/.ccm/geek_cluster/node1/data0/PortfolioDemo/Portfolios/snapshots $ ls -ltr
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 11 21:32 1468236726789
Deleting Snapshots
root@wash-i-16ca26c8-prod ~/.ccm/geek_cluster/node1/data0/PortfolioDemo/Portfolios $ ccm node1 nodetool clearsnapshot PortfolioDemo
Requested clearing snapshot for: PortfolioDemo
root@wash-i-16ca26c8-prod ~/.ccm/geek_cluster/node1/data0/PortfolioDemo/Portfolios $
root@wash-i-16ca26c8-prod ~/.ccm/geek_cluster/node1/data0/PortfolioDemo/Portfolios $ ls -ltr
total 1072
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13456 Jul 11 12:02 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-5-Filter.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 220000 Jul 11 12:02 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-5-Index.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 576097 Jul 11 12:02 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-5-Data.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 243 Jul 11 12:02 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-5-CompressionInfo.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4406 Jul 11 12:02 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-5-Statistics.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 79 Jul 11 12:02 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-5-TOC.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1652 Jul 11 12:02 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-5-Summary.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3696 Jul 11 19:58 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-6-Filter.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 64548 Jul 11 19:58 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-6-Index.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 169778 Jul 11 19:58 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-6-Data.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 99 Jul 11 19:58 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-6-CompressionInfo.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4390 Jul 11 19:58 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-6-Statistics.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 79 Jul 11 19:58 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-6-TOC.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 532 Jul 11 19:58 PortfolioDemo-Portfolios-jb-6-Summary.db
root@wash-i-16ca26c8-prod ~/.ccm/geek_cluster/node1/data0/PortfolioDemo/Portfolios $
root@wash-i-16ca26c8-prod ~/.ccm/geek_cluster/node1/data0/PortfolioDemo/Portfolios $ ccm node1 nodetool clearsnapshot PortfolioDemo -t 1468236726789
Enabling Incremental Snapshots
root@wash-i-16ca26c8-prod ~/.ccm/repository/4.5.2/resources/cassandra/conf $ grep increment cassandra.yaml
incremental_backups: false
Change it to true.
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