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Method: googleapis.spanner.v1.projects.instances.databases.backupSchedules.create
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Creates a new backup schedule.
For more information about retries and long-running operations, see
Understand connectors .
Arguments
Parameters
parent
string
Required. The name of the database that this backup schedule applies to.
backupScheduleId
string
Required. The Id to use for the backup schedule. The backup_schedule_id
appended to parent
forms the full backup schedule name of the form projects//instances//databases//backupSchedules/
.
body
object (BackupSchedule )
Required.
Raised exceptions
Exceptions
ConnectionError
In case of a network problem (such as DNS failure or refused connection).
HttpError
If the response status is >= 400 (excluding 429 and 503).
TimeoutError
If a long-running operation takes longer to finish than the specified timeout limit.
TypeError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the wrong type.
ValueError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the right type but an inappropriate value. For example, a negative timeout.
Response
If successful, the response contains an instance of BackupSchedule
.
Subworkflow snippet
Some fields might be optional or required.
To identify required fields, refer to the API documentation .
YAML
- create :
call : googleapis.spanner.v1.projects.instances.databases.backupSchedules.create
args :
parent : ...
backupScheduleId : ...
body :
encryptionConfig :
encryptionType : ...
kmsKeyName : ...
kmsKeyNames : ...
fullBackupSpec : ...
incrementalBackupSpec : ...
retentionDuration : ...
spec :
cronSpec :
text : ...
result : createResult
JSON
[
{
"create" : {
"call" : "googleapis.spanner.v1.projects.instances.databases.backupSchedules.create" ,
"args" : {
"parent" : "..." ,
"backupScheduleId" : "..." ,
"body" : {
"encryptionConfig" : {
"encryptionType" : "..." ,
"kmsKeyName" : "..." ,
"kmsKeyNames" : "..."
},
"fullBackupSpec" : "..." ,
"incrementalBackupSpec" : "..." ,
"retentionDuration" : "..." ,
"spec" : {
"cronSpec" : {
"text" : "..."
}
}
}
},
"result" : "createResult"
}
}
]
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