gcloud metastore services backups create

NAME

gcloud metastore services backups create - backup a service

SYNOPSIS

gcloud metastore services backups create (BACKUP : --location=LOCATION --service=SERVICE) [--async] [--description=DESCRIPTION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

Backup metadata and the resource configuration of a service.

EXAMPLES

To make a backup named my-backup and description

test
description

of the service my-service, run:

gcloud metastore services backups create my-backup --service=my-service --description='test description'

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Backup resource - Arguments and flags that specify the backup you want to create. The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set the project attribute:

provide the argument backup on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --project on 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 backup attribute:

provide the argument backup on the command line.

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

--location=LOCATION

The location of the Dataproc Metastore service. If not specified, will use default metastore/location. To set the location attribute:

provide the argument backup on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --location on the command line;
set the property metastore/location.

--service=SERVICE

The identifier of the Dataproc Metastore service To set the service attribute:

provide the argument backup on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --service on the command line.

FLAGS

--async: Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--description=DESCRIPTION: The description of this backup.

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 help for details.

API REFERENCE

This command uses the metastore/v1 API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs

NOTES

These variants are also available:

gcloud alpha metastore services backups create

gcloud beta metastore services backups create

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

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