Create standard backups

Console

1. In Google Cloud console, go to the Filestore Backupspage.

   Go to Backups

2. Click Create on-demand backup.

3. Click Select instanceto choose an instance from the table. Click Next.

4. In the Backup IDfield, type a name for the backup.

5. In the Regionfield, select the Google Cloud region where you want the backup to be located.

6. Optional: Add a description.

7. In the Encryptionsection, select either a Google-managed encryption key or a Customer-managed encryption key.

8. Optional: Click Add labelto add labels to the backup.

9. Optional: Add tags for resource organization.

10. Click Create.

gcloud

1. Install gcloud .

2. Update gcloud components :

   gcloud components update

3. Run the following gcloud filestore backups create command in a terminal window on your local machine. The --kms-key flag 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 

Console

1. In Google Cloud console, go to the Filestore Backupspage.

   Go to the Backups page

2. Click Standardtab to view a list of backups along with their details.

gcloud

List all backups in your current project

To view a list of backups for your current project, run the backups list command:

 gcloud filestore backups list 

View information about a backup

To view information about a backup, run the backups describe command:

 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.