NAME

gcloud bigtable backups create - creates a backup of a Cloud Bigtable table

SYNOPSIS

gcloud bigtable backups create (BACKUP : --cluster=CLUSTER --instance=INSTANCE) --table=TABLE (--expiration-date=EXPIRATION_DATE | --retention-period=RETENTION_PERIOD) [--async] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION

Creates a backup of a Cloud Bigtable table.

EXAMPLES

To create a backup 'BACKUP_NAME' asyncronously from table 'TABLE_NAME' which expires at '2019-03-30T10:49:41Z', run:

$ gcloud bigtable backups create BACKUP_NAME \ --instance=INSTANCE_NAME --cluster=CLUSTER_NAME \ --table=TABLE_NAME --expiration-date=2019-03-30T10:49:41Z \ --async

To create a backup 'BACKUP_NAME' syncronously from table 'TABLE_NAME' which expires in 2 weeks from now, run:

$ gcloud bigtable backups create BACKUP_NAME \ --instance=INSTANCE_NAME --cluster=CLUSTER_NAME \ --table=TABLE_NAME --retention-period=2w

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Backup resource - The Cloud Bigtable backup to create. The arguments in this

group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways. To set the project attribute:

provide the argument backup on the command line with a fully specified name;

provide the argument --project on the command line;

set the property core/project.

This must be specified.

BACKUP

ID of the backup or fully qualified identifier for the backup. To set the backup attribute:

  • provide the argument backup on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

--cluster=CLUSTER

Name of the Cloud Bigtable cluster. To set the cluster attribute:

  • provide the argument backup on the command line with a fully specified name;

  • provide the argument --cluster on the command line.

--instance=INSTANCE

Name of the Cloud Bigtable instance. To set the instance attribute:

  • provide the argument backup on the command line with a fully specified name;

  • provide the argument --instance on the command line.

REQUIRED FLAGS

--table=TABLE

ID of the table from which the backup will be created.

Exactly one of these must be specified:
--expiration-date=EXPIRATION_DATE

Absolute expiration time of the backup, must be at least 6 hours and at most 30 days from the time the request is received. See $ gcloud topic datetimes for information on date/time formats.

--retention-period=RETENTION_PERIOD

Retention period of the backup relative from now, must be at least 6 hours and at most 30 days. See $ gcloud topic datetimes for information on duration formats.

OPTIONAL FLAGS

--async

Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account, --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

Run $ gcloud help for details.

API REFERENCE

This command uses the bigtableadmin/v2 API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/

NOTES

These variants are also available:

$ gcloud alpha bigtable backups create

$ gcloud beta bigtable backups create