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.TH "GCLOUD_ALPHA_METASTORE_SERVICES_BACKUPS_DELETE" 1



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



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



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

\fB(ALPHA)\fR Delete a backup.

If run asynchronously with \f5\-\-async\fR, exits after printing an operation
name that can be used to poll the status of the deletion via:

.RS 2m
gcloud metastore operations describe
.RE



.SH "EXAMPLES"

To delete a backup named \f5my\-backup\fR from the service \f5my\-service\fR,
run:

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



.SH "POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m

Backup resource \- Backup to delete. 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 "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 "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 delete
.RE

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