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PMM Dump File Content

After successfull export, PMM Dump will a create gzipped tar archive. The resulting archive will be encrypted unless created with option --no-encryption, and will contain following files.

  • meta.json: metadata about the data dump
  • vm: gzipped Victoria Metrics data chunks in JSON format (default) or in native VM format (taken with option --vm-native-data), organized by timeframe
  • ch: Query Analytics (QAN) data stored in ClickHouse (TSV) format, organized by row count
  • log.json: logs detailing the export and archive creation process