gcloud active-directory domains backups create

NAME

gcloud active-directory domains backups create - create a Managed Microsoft AD domain backup

SYNOPSIS

gcloud active-directory domains backups create (BACKUP : --domain=DOMAIN) [--async] [--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

Create a new Managed Microsoft AD domain backup with the specified name using Google Cloud's Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory. This command can fail for the following reasons:

The specified domain doesn't exist.
The specified domain is being created.
A backup already exists with the same target domain name.
The active account doesn't have permission to access the specified domain.
The active account doesn't have permission to create AD domain backups.

EXAMPLES

To create an AD domain backup named my-backup under domain my-domain.com, run:

gcloud active-directory domains backups create my-backup --domain=my-domain.com --project=my-proj --async

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Backup resource - Name of the Managed Microsoft AD domain 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.

--domain=DOMAIN

The fully-qualified domain name of the Microsoft Active Directory domain. To set the domain attribute:

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

FLAGS

--async: Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]: List of label KEY=VALUE pairs to add.

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 managedidentities/v1 API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/

NOTES

These variants are also available:

gcloud alpha active-directory domains backups create

gcloud beta active-directory domains backups create

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

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