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

gcloud beta bigtable backups create(BACKUP :--cluster=CLUSTER--instance=INSTANCE)--table=TABLE(--expiration-date=EXPIRATION_DATE    |--retention-period=RETENTION_PERIOD)[--async][--backup-type=BACKUP_TYPE][--hot-to-standard-time=HOT_TO_STANDARD_TIME][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

gcloudbetabigtablebackupscreateBACKUP_NAME--instance=INSTANCE_NAME--cluster=CLUSTER_NAME--table=TABLE_NAME--expiration-date=2019-03-30T10:49:41Z--async

To create a backupBACKUP_NAME syncronously from tableTABLE_NAME which expires in 2 weeks from now, run:

gcloudbetabigtablebackupscreateBACKUP_NAME--instance=INSTANCE_NAME--cluster=CLUSTER_NAME--table=TABLE_NAME--retention-period=2w

To create a hot backupBACKUP_NAME from tableTABLE_NAME which expires in 2 weeks from now, run:

gcloudbetabigtablebackupscreateBACKUP_NAME--instance=INSTANCE_NAME--cluster=CLUSTER_NAME--table=TABLE_NAME--retention-period=2w--backup-type=HOT

To create a hot backupBACKUP_NAME from tableTABLE_NAME which will be converted to a standard backup at2019-03-31T10:49:41Z and expires in 2 weeks from now, run:

gcloudbetabigtablebackupscreateBACKUP_NAME--instance=INSTANCE_NAME--cluster=CLUSTER_NAME--table=TABLE_NAME--retention-period=2w--backup-type=HOT--hot-to-standard-time=2019-03-31T10:49:41Z

To create a hot backupBACKUP_NAME from tableTABLE_NAME which will be converted to a standard backup in 1 weekfrom now and expires in 2 weeks from now, run:

gcloudbetabigtablebackupscreateBACKUP_NAME--instance=INSTANCE_NAME--cluster=CLUSTER_NAME--table=TABLE_NAME--retention-period=2w--backup-type=HOT--hot-to-standard-time=+P1w

Backup resource - The Cloud Bigtable backup to create. The arguments in thisgroup can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Someattributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

• provide the argumentbackup on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
• provide the argument--project on the command line;
• set the propertycore/project.

This must be specified.

BACKUP

ID of the backup or fully qualified identifier for the backup.

To set thebackup attribute:

• provide the argumentbackup on the command line.

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

--cluster=CLUSTER

Name of the Bigtable cluster.

To set thecluster attribute:

• provide the argumentbackup on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
• provide the argument--cluster on the command line.

--instance=INSTANCE

Name of the Bigtable instance.

To set theinstance attribute:

• provide the argumentbackup on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
• provide the argument--instance on the command line.

--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. From the time the request is received,must be:

• At least 6 hours in the future
• At most 90 days in the future

See$gcloud topicdatetimes for information on date/time formats.

--retention-period=RETENTION_PERIOD

Retention period of the backup relative from now; must be:

• At least 6 hours
• At most 90 days

See$gcloud topicdatetimes for information on duration formats.

--async

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

--backup-type=BACKUP_TYPE

Type of the backup; whether the backup is a standard backup or a hot backup.BACKUP_TYPE must be one of:backup-type-unspecified,hot,standard.

--hot-to-standard-time=HOT_TO_STANDARD_TIME

Time at which a hot backup will be converted to a standard backup relative fromnow; must be:

• At least 24 hours

Only applies for hot backups. See$gcloud topic datetimesfor information on date/time formats.

Run$gcloud help for details.