Restores an existing instance's file share from a backup.
The capacity of the instance needs to be equal to or larger than the capacity of the backup (and also equal to or larger than the minimum capacity of the tier).
HTTP request
POST https://file.googleapis.com/v1/{name=projects/*/locations/*/instances/*}:restore
Required. The resource name of the instance, in the format projects/{projectNumber}/locations/{locationId}/instances/{instanceId}.
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
JSON representation
{"fileShare": string,// Union field source can be only one of the following:"sourceBackup": string// End of list of possible types for union field source.}
Fields
fileShare
string
Required. Name of the file share in the Filestore instance that the backup is being restored to.
Union field source.
source can be only one of the following:
sourceBackup
string
The resource name of the backup, in the format projects/{projectNumber}/locations/{locationId}/backups/{backupId}.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Operation.
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