.TH "GCLOUD_ALPHA_BIGTABLE_BACKUPS_COPY" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud alpha bigtable backups copy \- copy a Cloud Bigtable backup to a new backup



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud alpha bigtable backups copy\fR (\fB\-\-destination\-backup\fR=\fIDESTINATION_BACKUP\fR\ :\ \fB\-\-destination\-cluster\fR=\fIDESTINATION_CLUSTER\fR\ \fB\-\-destination\-instance\fR=\fIDESTINATION_INSTANCE\fR\ \fB\-\-destination\-project\fR=\fIDESTINATION_PROJECT\fR) (\fB\-\-expiration\-date\fR=\fIEXPIRATION_DATE\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-retention\-period\fR=\fIRETENTION_PERIOD\fR) (\fB\-\-source\-backup\fR=\fISOURCE_BACKUP\fR\ :\ \fB\-\-source\-cluster\fR=\fISOURCE_CLUSTER\fR\ \fB\-\-source\-instance\fR=\fISOURCE_INSTANCE\fR\ \fB\-\-source\-project\fR=\fISOURCE_PROJECT\fR) [\fB\-\-async\fR] [\fIGCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG\ ...\fR]



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

\fB(ALPHA)\fR This command creates a copy of a Cloud Bigtable backup.



.SH "EXAMPLES"

To copy a backup within the same project, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha bigtable backups copy \e
    \-\-source\-instance=SOURCE_INSTANCE \e
    \-\-source\-cluster=SOURCE_CLUSTER \-\-source\-backup=SOURCE_BACKUP \e
    \-\-destination\-instance=DESTINATION_INSTANCE \e
    \-\-destination\-cluster=DESTINATION_CLUSTER \e
    \-\-destination\-backup=DESTINATION_BACKUP \e
    \-\-expiration\-date=2023\-09\-01T10:49:41Z
.RE

To copy a backup to a different project, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha bigtable backups copy \e
    \-\-source\-backup=projects/SOURCE_PROJECT/instances/\e
SOURCE_INSTANCE/clusters/SOURCE_CLUSTER/backups/SOURCE_BACKUP \e
    \-\-destination\-backup=projects/DESTINATION_PROJECT/instances/\e
DESTINATION_INSTANCE/clusters/DESTINATION_CLUSTER/backups/\e
DESTINATION_BACKUP \-\-expiration\-date=2022\-08\-01T10:49:41Z
.RE

To set retention period and run asyncronously, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha bigtable backups copy \e
    \-\-source\-backup=projects/SOURCE_PROJECT/instances/\e
SOURCE_INSTANCE/clusters/SOURCE_CLUSTER/backups/SOURCE_BACKUP \e
    \-\-destination\-backup=projects/DESTINATION_PROJECT/instances/\e
DESTINATION_INSTANCE/clusters/DESTINATION_CLUSTER/backups/\e
DESTINATION_BACKUP \-\-retention\-period=2w \-\-async
.RE



.SH "REQUIRED FLAGS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m

Backup resource \- The destination backup to copy to. The arguments in this
group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource.

This must be specified.


.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fB\-\-destination\-backup\fR=\fIDESTINATION_BACKUP\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 \f5\-\-destination\-backup\fR on the command line.
.RE
.sp

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

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-destination\-cluster\fR=\fIDESTINATION_CLUSTER\fR

Bigtable cluster for the backup.

To set the \f5cluster\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-destination\-backup\fR on the command line with a
fully specified name;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-destination\-cluster\fR on the command line.
.RE
.sp

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-destination\-instance\fR=\fIDESTINATION_INSTANCE\fR

Bigtable instance for the backup.

To set the \f5instance\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-destination\-backup\fR on the command line with a
fully specified name;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-destination\-instance\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-source\-instance\fR on the command line.
.RE
.sp

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-destination\-project\fR=\fIDESTINATION_PROJECT\fR

Project ID of the Google Cloud project for the backup.

To set the \f5project\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-destination\-backup\fR on the command line with a
fully specified name;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-destination\-project\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-source\-project\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-project\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
set the property \f5core/project\fR.
.RE
.sp

.RE
.sp
.TP 2m

Exactly one of these must be specified:


.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fB\-\-expiration\-date\fR=\fIEXPIRATION_DATE\fR

Expiration time of the backup, must be at least 6 hours and at most 30 days from
the time the source backup is created. See \f5$ gcloud topic datetimes\fR for
information on date/time formats.

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-retention\-period\fR=\fIRETENTION_PERIOD\fR

Retention period of the backup relative from now, must be at least 6 hours and
at most 30 days from the time the source backup is created. See \f5$ gcloud
topic datetimes\fR for information on duration formats.

.RE
.sp
.TP 2m

Backup resource \- The source backup to copy from. The arguments in this group
can be used to specify the attributes of this resource.

This must be specified.


.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fB\-\-source\-backup\fR=\fISOURCE_BACKUP\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 \f5\-\-source\-backup\fR on the command line.
.RE
.sp

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

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-source\-cluster\fR=\fISOURCE_CLUSTER\fR

Bigtable cluster for the backup.

To set the \f5cluster\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-source\-backup\fR on the command line with a fully
specified name;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-source\-cluster\fR on the command line.
.RE
.sp

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-source\-instance\fR=\fISOURCE_INSTANCE\fR

Bigtable instance for the backup.

To set the \f5instance\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-source\-backup\fR on the command line with a fully
specified name;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-source\-instance\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-destination\-instance\fR on the command line.
.RE
.sp

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-source\-project\fR=\fISOURCE_PROJECT\fR

Project ID of the Google Cloud project for the backup.

To set the \f5project\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-source\-backup\fR on the command line with a fully
specified name;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-source\-project\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-destination\-project\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-project\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
set the property \f5core/project\fR.
.RE
.sp


.RE
.RE
.sp

.SH "OPTIONAL FLAGS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fB\-\-async\fR

Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.


.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 "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 bigtable backups copy
.RE

.RS 2m
$ gcloud beta bigtable backups copy
.RE