PAUSE SCHEDULES

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As of May 16, 2023, CockroachDB v21.2 is no longer supported. For more details, refer to the Release Support Policy.

The PAUSE SCHEDULES statement can be used to pause backup schedules.

After pausing a schedule, you can resume it with RESUME SCHEDULES.

Required privileges

Only members of the admin role can pause a schedule. By default, the root user belongs to the admin role.

PAUSE SCHEDULES <selectclause>
  select clause: select statement returning schedule id to pause.
PAUSE SCHEDULE <scheduleID>

Parameter	Description
`selectclause`	A selection query that returns `id`(s) to pause.
`scheduleID`	The `id` of the schedule you want to pause, which can be found with `SHOW SCHEDULES`.

> PAUSE SCHEDULE 589963390487363585;

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To pause multiple schedules, nest a SELECT clause that retrieves id(s) inside the PAUSE SCHEDULES statement:

> PAUSE SCHEDULES SELECT id FROM [SHOW SCHEDULES] WHERE label = 'schedule_database';

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In this example, all schedules with the label schedule_database are paused.