- NAME
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- gcloud looker backups describe - show metadata of a backup for a Looker instance
 
- SYNOPSIS
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- 
gcloud looker backups describe(BACKUP:--instance=INSTANCE--region=REGION) [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
 
- 
- DESCRIPTION
- 
Show metadata of a backup for a Looker instance.
Displays all metadata associated with a backup of a Looker instance given a valid backup and instance name. This command can fail for the following reasons: - The instance specified does not exist.
- The backup specified does not exist.
- The active account does not have permission to access the given instance and backups.
 
- EXAMPLES
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To display the metadata for a backup with id of
c24ad631-ad83-42f0-9f98-41e2b493263eon instance with namemy-looker-instance, and in the regionus-central1, run:gcloud looker backups describe c24ad631-ad83-42f0-9f98-41e2b493263e --instance='my-looker-instance' --region='us-central1'
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
- 
- 
Backup resource - The instance of the backup to describe. 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 projectattribute:- 
provide the argument backupon the command line with a fully specified name;
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provide the argument --projecton the command line;
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set the property core/project.
 This must be specified. - BACKUP
- 
ID of the backup or fully qualified identifier for the backup.
To set the backupattribute:- 
provide the argument backupon the command line.
 This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified. 
- 
provide the argument 
- --instance=- INSTANCE
- 
The name of the Looker instance.
To set the instanceattribute:- 
provide the argument backupon the command line with a fully specified name;
- 
provide the argument --instanceon the command line.
 
- 
provide the argument 
- --region=- REGION
- 
The name of the Looker region of the backup. Overrides the default looker/region
property value for this command invocation.
To set the regionattribute:- 
provide the argument backupon the command line with a fully specified name;
- 
provide the argument --regionon the command line;
- 
set the property looker/region.
 
- 
provide the argument 
 
- 
provide the argument 
 
- 
Backup resource - The instance of the backup to describe. 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.
- 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 helpfor details.
- API REFERENCE
- 
This command uses the looker/v1API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/looker/docs/reference/rest/
- NOTES
- 
This variant is also available:
gcloud alpha looker backups describe
      gcloud looker backups describe
  
  
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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.