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# kinetica.AlterBackupRequest.Action

> kinetica.AlterBackupRequest.Action — Kinetica C# API

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    <p>A set of string constants for the parameter <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1AlterBackupRequest#a000d3cab3a3a6c181271a996300317d0" title="Operation to be applied.">AlterBackupRequest.action</a>. <a href="#details">More...</a></p>

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        <td className="mdescRight">Calculate checksum for backed-up files. <br /></td>
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        <td className="mdescRight">Whether or not to only save DDL and not back up table data, when taking future snapshots; set <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1AlterBackupRequest#ae04c4df890482d64b8e70fa54c59b92e" title="Value of the modification, depending on AlterBackupRequest.action.">AlterBackupRequest.\_value</a> to 'true' or 'false' for DDL only or DDL and table data, respectively. <br /></td>
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        <td className="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">const string </td>
        <td className="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a className="el" href="#a09365679059aa12cb249e0cf4169a033">MAX\_INCREMENTAL\_BACKUPS\_TO\_KEEP</a> = "max\_incremental\_backups\_to\_keep"</td>
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        <td className="mdescRight">Maximum number of incremental snapshots to keep, when taking future snapshots; set <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1AlterBackupRequest#ae04c4df890482d64b8e70fa54c59b92e" title="Value of the modification, depending on AlterBackupRequest.action.">AlterBackupRequest.\_value</a> to the number of snapshots to keep. <br /></td>
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        <td className="mdescRight">Merges all snapshots within a backup and creates a single full snapshot. <br /></td>
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        <td className="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">const string </td>
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        <td className="mdescRight">Deletes a snapshot from a backup; set <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1AlterBackupRequest#ae04c4df890482d64b8e70fa54c59b92e" title="Value of the modification, depending on AlterBackupRequest.action.">AlterBackupRequest.\_value</a> to the snapshot ID to purge. <br /></td>
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      <p>A set of string constants for the parameter <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1AlterBackupRequest#a000d3cab3a3a6c181271a996300317d0" title="Operation to be applied.">AlterBackupRequest.action</a>. </p>
      <p>Operation to be applied.</p>
      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Protocol_2AlterBackup_8cs_source#l00024">24</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Protocol_2AlterBackup_8cs_source">AlterBackup.cs</a>.</p>
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    <h2 className="memtitle"><span className="permalink"><a href="#a70afc81b66de0d6bc5c28e9496e26859">◆ </a></span>CHECKSUM</h2>

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                  <td className="memname">const string kinetica.AlterBackupRequest.Action.CHECKSUM = "checksum"</td>
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        <p>Calculate checksum for backed-up files. </p>
        <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Protocol_2AlterBackup_8cs_source#l00027">27</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Protocol_2AlterBackup_8cs_source">AlterBackup.cs</a>.</p>
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    <h2 className="memtitle"><span className="permalink"><a href="#a8c9995d788f835af99561f451b6644c4">◆ </a></span>DDL\_ONLY</h2>

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                  <td className="memname">const string kinetica.AlterBackupRequest.Action.DDL\_ONLY = "ddl\_only"</td>
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        <p>Whether or not to only save DDL and not back up table data, when taking future snapshots; set <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1AlterBackupRequest#ae04c4df890482d64b8e70fa54c59b92e" title="Value of the modification, depending on AlterBackupRequest.action.">AlterBackupRequest.\_value</a> to 'true' or 'false' for DDL only or DDL and table data, respectively. </p>
        <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Protocol_2AlterBackup_8cs_source#l00033">33</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Protocol_2AlterBackup_8cs_source">AlterBackup.cs</a>.</p>
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    <h2 className="memtitle"><span className="permalink"><a href="#a09365679059aa12cb249e0cf4169a033">◆ </a></span>MAX\_INCREMENTAL\_BACKUPS\_TO\_KEEP</h2>

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                  <td className="memname">const string kinetica.AlterBackupRequest.Action.MAX\_INCREMENTAL\_BACKUPS\_TO\_KEEP = "max\_incremental\_backups\_to\_keep"</td>
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        <p>Maximum number of incremental snapshots to keep, when taking future snapshots; set <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1AlterBackupRequest#ae04c4df890482d64b8e70fa54c59b92e" title="Value of the modification, depending on AlterBackupRequest.action.">AlterBackupRequest.\_value</a> to the number of snapshots to keep. </p>
        <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Protocol_2AlterBackup_8cs_source#l00038">38</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Protocol_2AlterBackup_8cs_source">AlterBackup.cs</a>.</p>
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                  <td className="memname">const string kinetica.AlterBackupRequest.Action.MERGE = "merge"</td>
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        <p>Merges all snapshots within a backup and creates a single full snapshot. </p>
        <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Protocol_2AlterBackup_8cs_source#l00042">42</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Protocol_2AlterBackup_8cs_source">AlterBackup.cs</a>.</p>
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                  <td className="memname">const string kinetica.AlterBackupRequest.Action.PURGE = "purge"</td>
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        <p>Deletes a snapshot from a backup; set <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1AlterBackupRequest#ae04c4df890482d64b8e70fa54c59b92e" title="Value of the modification, depending on AlterBackupRequest.action.">AlterBackupRequest.\_value</a> to the snapshot ID to purge. </p>
        <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Protocol_2AlterBackup_8cs_source#l00047">47</a> of file <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/__build_2public-os__ubuntu24_804-arch__amd64-cc__gcc__13_83_80_2install_2Kinetica_2Protocol_2AlterBackup_8cs_source">AlterBackup.cs</a>.</p>
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