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- NAME
- gcloud bigtable backups update - update a backup, only supported for the following fields: --expiration-date and --retention-period
- SYNOPSIS
gcloud bigtable backups update(BACKUP:--cluster=CLUSTER--instance=INSTANCE)[--hot-to-standard-time=HOT_TO_STANDARD_TIME][--expiration-date=EXPIRATION_DATE|--retention-period=RETENTION_PERIOD][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
- DESCRIPTION
- Update a backup, only supported for the following fields: --expiration-date and--retention-period.
- EXAMPLES
- To update the expire time of backup
BACKUP_NAMEto 7 days from now,run:gcloudbigtablebackupsupdateBACKUP_NAME--instance=INSTANCE_NAME--cluster=CLUSTER_NAME--retention-period=7dTo update the hot-to-standard time of backup
BACKUP_NAMEto2019-03-31T10:49:41Z, run:gcloudbigtablebackupsupdateBACKUP_NAME--instance=INSTANCE_NAME--cluster=CLUSTER_NAME--hot-to-standard-time=2019-03-31T10:49:41ZTo update the hot-to-standard time of backup
BACKUP_NAMEto 7 daysfrom now, run:gcloudbigtablebackupsupdateBACKUP_NAME--instance=INSTANCE_NAME--cluster=CLUSTER_NAME--hot-to-standard-time=+P7dTo clear the hot-to-standard time of backup
BACKUP_NAME, run:gcloudbigtablebackupsupdateBACKUP_NAME--instance=INSTANCE_NAME--cluster=CLUSTER_NAME--hot-to-standard-time='' - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
- Backup resource - Cloud Bigtable backup to update. The arguments in this groupcan be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributesare not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
To set the
projectattribute:- provide the argument
backupon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--projecton 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
backupattribute:- provide the argument
backupon the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.
- provide the argument
--cluster=CLUSTER- Name of the Bigtable cluster.
To set the
clusterattribute:- provide the argument
backupon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--clusteron the command line.
- provide the argument
--instance=INSTANCE- Name of the Bigtable instance.
To set the
instanceattribute:- provide the argument
backupon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--instanceon the command line.
- provide the argument
- provide the argument
- Backup resource - Cloud Bigtable backup to update. The arguments in this groupcan be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributesare not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
- FLAGS
--hot-to-standard-time=HOT_TO_STANDARD_TIME- Time at which a hot backup will be converted to a standard backup; must be atleast 24 hours from backup creation time. Only applies for hot backups. See
$gcloud topicdatetimesfor information on date/time formats. See$gcloud bigtable backupsdescribefor creation time. - At most one of these can be specified:
--expiration-date=EXPIRATION_DATE- Absolute expiration time of the backup; must be at least 6 hours and at most 90days from backup creation time. See
$gcloud topic datetimesfor information on date/time formats. See$gcloud bigtable backupsdescribefor creation time. --retention-period=RETENTION_PERIOD- Retention period of the backup relative from now; must be at least 6 hours andat most 90 days from backup creation time. See
$gcloud topic datetimesfor information on duration formats. See$gcloud bigtable backupsdescribefor creation time.
- 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 helpfor details. - API REFERENCE
- This command uses the
bigtableadmin/v2API. The full documentationfor this API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/ - NOTES
- These variants are also available:
gcloudalphabigtablebackupsupdategcloudbetabigtablebackupsupdate
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Last updated 2025-07-15 UTC.