Manage your backup

This page provides details for how to manage an existing backup.

Considerations

Backup deletion is irreversible. When you delete a backup, it's no longer recoverable.

View a list of backups

Use the following instructions to view a backup using either the Google Cloud console or Google Cloud CLI:

Console

  1. Go to the NetApp Volumes page in the Google Cloud console.

    Go to NetApp Volumes

  2. Under Data protection, click Backups.

  3. You can review the following details for your backups:

    • Status: the state of the backup, including whether it's ready, creating, updating, deleting, or experiencing an error.

    • Name: the name of the backup.

    • Volume: the volume that is backed up.

    • Location: where the backup is located.

    • Backup Vault: the backup vault of the backup.

    • Created: the date and time the backup was created.

    • Type: displays whether the backup is scheduled or manual.

    • Size: the size of the backup.

    • Show more: additional options such as viewing additional details, editing the backup, creating a volume from the backup, and deleting the backup.

gcloud

View a list of backups:

  gcloud netapp backup-vaults backups list \
   --location=LOCATION \
   --backup=BACKUP_VAULT

Replace the following information:

  • LOCATION: the location where you want to view the backup.

  • BACKUP_VAULT: the backup vault of the backup.

    For more information, run the following command:

    gcloud netapp backup-vaults backups list —help

Edit a backup

Use the following instructions to edit a backup using either the Google Cloud console or Google Cloud CLI:

Console

  1. Go to the NetApp Volumes page in the Google Cloud console.

    Go to NetApp Volumes

  2. Under Data protection, click Backups.

  3. In the Backups page, navigate to the backup you want to make changes to and click the Show more icon.

  4. Click Edit.

  5. Make the required changes to the backup.

  6. Click Save.

gcloud

Edit a backup:

  gcloud netapp backup-vaults backups update BACKUP_NAME \
   --location=LOCATION \
   --backup-vault=BACKUP_VAULT \
   --description=DESCRIPTION \
   --update-labels=foo=bar \
   --clear-labels=foo=bar \
   --remove-labels=foo=bar

Replace the following information:

  • BACKUP_NAME: the name of the backup.

  • LOCATION: the location in which you want to edit the backup.

  • BACKUP_VAULT: the backup vault of the backup.

  • DESCRIPTION: the description for the backup.

    For more options, run the following command:

    gcloud netapp volumes describe —help

Delete a backup

You cannot delete the last backup of a volume unless the backup policy is first unassigned and all previous backups are deleted.

Use the following instructions to delete a backup:

Console

  1. Go to the NetApp Volumes page in the Google Cloud console.

    Go to NetApp Volumes

  2. Under Data protection, click Backups.

  3. In the Backups field, navigate to the backup you want to delete and click the Show more icon on the volume.

  4. Click Delete.

  5. A confirmation dialog appears. Read through the warnings.

  6. To proceed, enter the name of the backup in the Backup name field and click Delete.

gcloud

Delete a backup:

gcloud netapp backup-vaults backups delete BACKUP_NAME \
 --location=LOCATION

Replace the following information:

  • BACKUP_NAME: the name of the backup.

  • LOCATION: the location from which you want to delete the backup.

For more options, run the following command:

gcloud netapp volumes describe —help

What's next

Manage your backup vault.