.TH "GCLOUD_ALPHA_METASTORE_SERVICES_BACKUPS_DESCRIBE" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud alpha metastore services backups describe \- describe a backup



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud alpha metastore services backups describe\fR (\fIBACKUP\fR\ :\ \fB\-\-location\fR=\fILOCATION\fR\ \fB\-\-service\fR=\fISERVICE\fR) [\fIGCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG\ ...\fR]



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

\fB(ALPHA)\fR Describe a backup.

Displays all details of a backup given a valid backup ID.



.SH "EXAMPLES"

To describe a backup with the ID \f5my\-backup\fR under service
\f5my\-service\fR, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha metastore services backups describe my\-backup \e
    \-\-service=my\-service
.RE



.SH "POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m

Backup resource \- Arguments and flags that specify the backup you want 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 \f5project\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(em" 2m
provide the argument \f5backup\fR on the command line with a fully specified
name;
.IP "\(em" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-project\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(em" 2m
set the property \f5core/project\fR.
.RE
.sp

This must be specified.


.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fIBACKUP\fR

ID of the backup or fully qualified identifier for the backup.

To set the \f5backup\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5backup\fR on the command line.
.RE
.sp

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this
group are specified.

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-location\fR=\fILOCATION\fR

The location of the Dataproc Metastore service.

If not specified, will use \f5default\fR metastore/location.


To set the \f5location\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5backup\fR on the command line with a fully specified
name;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-location\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
set the property \f5metastore/location\fR.
.RE
.sp

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-service\fR=\fISERVICE\fR

The identifier of the Dataproc Metastore service

To set the \f5service\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5backup\fR on the command line with a fully specified
name;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-service\fR on the command line.
.RE
.sp


.RE
.RE
.sp

.SH "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 \fB$ gcloud help\fR for details.



.SH "API REFERENCE"

This command uses the \fBmetastore/v1alpha\fR API. The full documentation for
this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/dataproc\-metastore/docs



.SH "NOTES"

This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this
command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,
you might be trying to access an API with an invitation\-only early access
allowlist. These variants are also available:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud metastore services backups describe
.RE

.RS 2m
$ gcloud beta metastore services backups describe
.RE