gcloud metastore services export gcs

NAME

gcloud metastore services export gcs - export metadata from a Dataproc Metastore service to Google Cloud Storage

SYNOPSIS

gcloud metastore services export gcs (SERVICE : --location=LOCATION) --destination-folder=DESTINATION_FOLDER [--async] [--dump-type=DUMP_TYPE; default="mysql"] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

Export metadata from a Dataproc Metastore service to Google Cloud Storage.

If run asynchronously with --async, exits after printing the operation name that can be used to poll the status of the export via:

gcloud metastore operations describe

EXAMPLES

To export metadata from a Dataproc Metastore service with the name my-metastore-service in location us-central1 to the destination folder gs://my-bucket/destination-folder, run:

gcloud metastore services export gcs my-metastore-service --location=us-central1 --destination-folder=gs://my-bucket/destination-folder

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Service resource - Arguments and flags that specify the Dataproc Metastore service you want to export. 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 service 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.

SERVICE

ID of the service or fully qualified identifier for the service.

To set the service attribute:

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

REQUIRED FLAGS

--destination-folder=DESTINATION_FOLDER: A Cloud Storage URI of a folder that metadata is exported to, in the format gs://<bucket_name>/<path_inside_bukcet>. A sub-folder containing exported files will be created below it.

OPTIONAL FLAGS

--async

Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.

--dump-type=DUMP_TYPE; default="mysql"

The type of the database dump. If unspecified, defaults to mysql. DUMP_TYPE must be one of:

avro: Database dump contains AVRO files.
mysql: Database dump is a MYSQL dump file.

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 export gcs

gcloud beta metastore services export gcs

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

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