This page shows you how to back up data for disaster recovery using Filestore backups. To learn more about backups, common use cases, and best practices, see Backups .
Before you begin
Before you start creating backups, enable APIs and ensure the necessary roles and permissions are granted. For more information, see Before you start .
Create a standard backup
To create a standard, on-demand, backup, follow these steps:
Console
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In Google Cloud console, go to the Filestore Instancespage.
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Select the instance you want to back up from the table.
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In the Backupstab, click Create on-demand backup.
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Click Next.
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In the Backup IDfield, type a name for the backup.
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In the Regionfield, select the Google Cloud region where you want the backup to be located.
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Optional: Add a description.
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In the Encryptionsection, select either a Google-managed encryption key or a Customer-managed encryption key.
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Optional: Click Add labelto add labels to the backup.
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Optional: Add tags for resource organization.
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Click Create.
gcloud
- Install
gcloud. -
Update
gcloud components:gcloud components update
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Run the following
gcloud filestore backups createcommand in a terminal window on your local machine. The--kms-keyflag is optional:gcloud filestore backups create BACKUP_NAME \ --instance= INSTANCE_NAME \ --file-share= FILE_SHARE_NAME \ --instance-location= INSTANCE_LOCATION \ --region= BACKUP_LOCATION \ --kms-key=projects/ KMS_PROJECT /locations/ KMS_LOCATION /keyRings/ KEYRING /cryptoKeys/ CRYPTO_KEY
Where:
- BACKUP_NAME is the name you want to give the backup.
- INSTANCE_NAME is the name of the Filestore instance to back up.
- FILE_SHARE_NAME is the name of the file share on the Filestore instance.
- INSTANCE_LOCATION is the region or zone where the Filestore instance is located.
- BACKUP_LOCATION is the region where the backup will be stored. If a region is not indicated, the backup is created in the same region as the Filestore instance.
- KMS_PROJECT is the project name where the KMS key resource is stored.
- KMS_LOCATION is the region of the KMS key resource.
- KEYRING is the name of the key ring.
- CRYPTO_KEY is the KMS key resource.
Example
The following command creates a backup of file share vol1
on the Filestore
instance nfs-server
, which is located in zone us-central1-c
. The backup is
named mybackup
, is located in region asia-east2
, and has an associated
encryption key that will encrypt the instance when restored:
gcloud filestore backups create mybackup \
--instance=nfs-server \
--file-share=vol1 \
--instance-zone=us-central1-c \
--region=asia-east2 \
--kms-key=projects/purple-project/locations/us-central1/keyRings/filestore-keyring/cryptoKeys/filestore-key
View backups
To view on-demand backups and their details, follow these steps:
Console
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In Google Cloud console, go to the Filestore Backupspage.
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Click Standardtab to view a list of backups.
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Click the backup name to view the details of the specific backup.
gcloud
List all backups in your current project
To view a list of backups for your current project, run the backups list
command:
```shell
gcloud filestore backups list
```
View information about a backup
To view information about a backup, run the backups describe
command:
``
`shell
gcloud
filestore
backups
describe
BACKUP_NAME
\
--
region
=
BACKUP_LOCATION
```
Where:
- BACKUP_NAME is the name of the backup whose information you want to view.
- BACKUP_LOCATION is the region where the backup is stored.
What's next
- Learn how to create standard and enhanced backups .
- Learn how to restore standard and enhanced backups .
- Explore differences between standard and enhanced backups .
