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AutopilotStandard
This page describes the monitoring metrics created by Backup for GKE as part ofGoogle Cloud metrics.
Cloud Monitoring collects metrics to help you understand the usage of
Backup for GKE and how the service is performing. For more information about
Cloud Monitoring in general, seeCloud Monitoring overview.
Required IAM role
The following permissions are required for metrics operations. Learn how togrant an IAM role.
Monitoring Viewer (roles/monitoring.viewer) role to view metrics in Cloud Monitoring
Monitoring Editor (roles/monitoring.editor) role to access metrics dashboard
Monitored resources
The following types of monitored resources are available for Backup for GKE:
The following metrics are available for Backup for GKE in the Google Cloud console:
The "metric type" strings in this table must be prefixed
withgkebackup.googleapis.com/. That prefix has been
omitted from the entries in the table.
When querying a label, use themetric.labels.prefix; for
example,metric.labels.LABEL="VALUE".
Metric type Launch stage(Resource hierarchy levels) Display name
Kind, Type, Unit Monitored resources
Description Labels
backup_completion_timesGA(project) Backup completion time
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