Configure and manage the 30-day introductory trial for Backup and DR Service

This page describes how to configure, manage and end the 30-day introductory trial for Backup and DR Service.

Required roles

The following table shows the required Identity and Access Management roles and permissions for configuring the 30-day introductory trial for Backup and DR.

Roles required Permissions required
Ask your administrator to grant you any of the following IAM roles on either a project, a folder, or an organization within the Google Cloud Resource Hierarchy:
Backup and DR Admin (roles/backupdr.admin) backupdr.trial.subscribe
Ask your administrator to grant you the following IAM role on your source project:
Backup and DR User or User V2 or Viewer (roles/backupdr.user or roles/backupdr.userv2 or roles/backupdr.viewer) backupdr.trial.get

You can also get these permissions with custom roles. To see which roles are associated with which permissions, refer to IAM roles for Cloud Storage.

To grant, change, or revoke access to projects, folders, and organizations, see Manage access to projects.

Configure the 30-day introductory trial for Backup and DR

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Backup and DR page.

  2. Click the Start 30-day trial button.

  3. A sidebar opens up. Enable the Backup and DR API and activate the trial.

API

To configure the 30-day introductory trial using the API, see the API documentation.

Disable the 30-day introductory trial for Backup and DR

You can disable the 30-day introductory trial for Backup and DR at any time during the 30-day period. Before you disable the trial, ensure you do the following to avoid any charges from being billed post disabling the trial:

  • Manually unprotect the resources.
  • Manually delete the existing backups in the backup vault / self storage.

For any queries, you can write to gcbdr-intro-trial@google.com or contact the Google Cloud Support Center.

End of the 30-day introductory trial

After the 30-day introductory trial period ends, Backup and DR automatically upgrades to paid usage. Following the automatic upgrade, you can continue using all the Backup and DR features. For detailed information about pricing of the paid version, see Backup and DR pricing.

Monitor Usage

You can monitor your usage during the trial on the Reports Dashboard page in the Usage tab.

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