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Remove --show-metadata from neo4j-admin backup inspect (#2480)
I have removed the `--show-metadata `from the usage and options sections
following a failing doc's test and added a few notes on this page
explaining the reason. It doesn't look great (I mean to have 6 notes
saying the same), because this option is still valid for users on
versions before 2025.07 and is also deprecated and not removed.
I see no other way to document this right now unless we also change the
code and make the option visible again.
Starting with Neo4j 2025.07, the backup metadata is always shown by default when using the `neo4j-admin backup inspect` command.
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If you are on a previous version of Neo4j, you must specify the `--show-metadata` option to see the backup metadata.
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=== Inspecting backup chains
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A backup chain corresponds to a sequence of one or more backup(s) logically connected by their transaction IDs.
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To inspect the backup chains of a given database, use the `--latest-chain` option and the `--database` option with the database whose backup chain you want to inspect:
In this case, the `--database` option is unnecessary because the database identifier is part of the metadata stored in the header of the backup file _london-2024-10-07T16-04-05.backup_.
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[NOTE]
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Starting with Neo4j 2025.07, the backup metadata is always shown by default when using the `neo4j-admin backup inspect` command.
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If you are on a previous version of Neo4j, you must specify the `--show-metadata` option to see the backup metadata.
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