SLV Backup - Quickstart | ERPC - Enhanced Solana RPC

🗄️ SLV Backup

SLV Backup creates a compressed full-disk archive of your node using zstd (multi-threaded compression). Optionally upload directly to ERPC Global Storage.

Prerequisites

SLV CLI installed on the target node
sudo access (required for full-disk backup)
For --upload: logged in (slv login) with an active storage subscription

Create a Backup

Create a local backup:

bash

sudo slv backup create

sudo slv backup create

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🗄️ SLV Backup

  Output:      backup-mynode-20260318-120000.tar.zst
  Compression: zstd (multi-threaded)

📋 Current exclude list:
  • /dev/*
  • /proc/*
  • /sys/*
  • /tmp/*
  • /run/*
  • /mnt/*
  • /media/*
  • /lost+found
  • /swapfile
  • /snap/*
  • /var/log/*

? Create backup? › Yes
√ Backup created: backup-mynode-20260318-120000.tar.zst (2.1 GB)

🗄️ SLV Backup

  Output:      backup-mynode-20260318-120000.tar.zst
  Compression: zstd (multi-threaded)

📋 Current exclude list:
  • /dev/*
  • /proc/*
  • /sys/*
  • /tmp/*
  • /run/*
  • /mnt/*
  • /media/*
  • /lost+found
  • /swapfile
  • /snap/*
  • /var/log/*

? Create backup? › Yes
√ Backup created: backup-mynode-20260318-120000.tar.zst (2.1 GB)

Create and Upload

Create a backup and upload it to ERPC Global Storage in one step:

bash

sudo slv backup create --upload

sudo slv backup create --upload

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√ Backup created: backup-mynode-20260318-120000.tar.zst (2.1 GB)
√ Got presigned URL
√ Upload complete

√ Backup created: backup-mynode-20260318-120000.tar.zst (2.1 GB)
√ Got presigned URL
√ Upload complete

Specify a region for the upload:

bash

sudo slv backup create --upload --region asia

sudo slv backup create --upload --region asia

Skip Confirmation

For use in scripts or cron jobs, skip the confirmation prompt:

bash

sudo slv backup create --upload --yes

sudo slv backup create --upload --yes

Customize Excludes

View the current exclude list:

bash

slv backup create --list-excludes

slv backup create --list-excludes

Add additional exclude paths:

bash

sudo slv backup create --exclude /home/solv/ledger --exclude /home/solv/snapshots

sudo slv backup create --exclude /home/solv/ledger --exclude /home/solv/snapshots

Re-include a path that is excluded by default:

bash

sudo slv backup create --include /var/log

sudo slv backup create --include /var/log

Set Up Automated Backups (Cron)

Schedule automatic backups:

bash

sudo slv backup create --upload --cron daily

sudo slv backup create --upload --cron daily

Interval	Description
`daily`	Run once a day
`weekly`	Run once a week
`monthly`	Run once a month
`off`	Remove the cron job

Retention

By default, remote backups older than 7 days are automatically cleaned up:

bash

sudo slv backup create --upload --retention 14

sudo slv backup create --upload --retention 14

Options Reference

Option	Description
`-o, --output <path>`	Output file path
`--upload`	Upload to ERPC Global Storage after creation
`-r, --region <region>`	Storage region for upload (default: eu)
`--exclude <path>`	Additional paths to exclude (repeatable)
`--include <path>`	Remove from default excludes (repeatable)
`--list-excludes`	Show current exclude list and exit
`--retention <days>`	Delete remote backups older than N days (default: 7)
`--cron <interval>`	Set up cron job (daily/weekly/monthly/off)
`-y, --yes`	Skip confirmation prompts