Backup vault consumption reports for vaulted backups
Stay organized with collections
Save and categorize content based on your preferences.
This page provides an overview of prebuilt backup vault consumption
reports, which are available in BigQuery and Looker Studio.
These reports are displayed for resources that are protected using
backup plans.
You can access this report after you execute the prebuilt script in the
same project where the logs are being routed through the log sink.
The backup vault consumption report includes the following fields.
date: The date when the backup vault consumption report was last
updated.
resource_type: The type of resource that is protected in a
backup vault, for example, a Compute Engine instance.
resource_name: The name of the resource that is associated with the
protected resource.
resource_project_name: The name of the project where the resource exists.
backup_vault_name: The name of the backup vault that is
associated with the protected resource.
backup_vault_stored_bytes_in_gib: The amount of storage space consumed by backups
in GiB in a backup vault.
backup_vault_minimum_enforced_retention_days: The minimum timeframe in
days that backups in that vault are being protected from deletion.
backup_plan_name: The name of the backup plan that is associated
with the resource.
first_available_restore_point: The timestamp when the first (oldest)
backup was taken, which is in the YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC format.
last_available_restore_point: The timestamp when the latest backup was
successfully taken, which is in the YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC format.
backup_vault_project_name: The name of the backup vault project
where the backups are stored.
backup_vault_location: The location of the backup vault.
resource_location: The location of the protected resource.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis page describes prebuilt backup vault consumption reports, available in BigQuery and Looker Studio, for resources protected by backup plans.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eAccess to the report is granted after executing a prebuilt script in the same project where logs are routed through the log sink.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe report fields include details such as the date of the report, resource type and name, backup vault information, and backup plan name.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe report also contains backup timestamps and includes information on the amount of storage space consumed by backups in a backup vault, measured in GiB.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe page describes links to learn how to execute the prebuilt reports, write custom queries, and view or download prebuilt reports in Connected Sheets and Looker Studio.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Backup vault consumption reports for vaulted backups\n\nThis page provides an overview of prebuilt backup vault consumption\nreports, which are available in BigQuery and Looker Studio.\nThese reports are displayed for resources that are protected using\n[backup plans](/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/cloud-console/backup-plan).\n\nYou can access this report after you [execute the prebuilt script](/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/monitor-reports/logs-route-vault-bigquery#sink) in the\nsame project where the logs are being routed through the log sink.\n\nThe backup vault consumption report includes the following fields.\n\n- **date:** The date when the backup vault consumption report was last updated.\n- **resource_type**: The type of resource that is protected in a backup vault, for example, a Compute Engine instance.\n- **resource_name**: The name of the resource that is associated with the protected resource.\n- **resource_project_name**: The name of the project where the resource exists.\n- **backup_vault_name**: The name of the backup vault that is associated with the protected resource.\n- **backup_vault_stored_bytes_in_gib**: The amount of storage space consumed by backups in GiB in a backup vault.\n- **backup_vault_minimum_enforced_retention_days**: The minimum timeframe in days that backups in that vault are being protected from deletion.\n- **backup_plan_name**: The name of the backup plan that is associated with the resource.\n- **first_available_restore_point** : The timestamp when the first (oldest) backup was taken, which is in the `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC` format.\n- **last_available_restore_point** : The timestamp when the latest backup was successfully taken, which is in the `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC` format.\n- **backup_vault_project_name**: The name of the backup vault project where the backups are stored.\n- **backup_vault_location**: The location of the backup vault.\n- **resource_location**: The location of the protected resource.\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n- Learn how to [Execute prebuilt reports script](/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/monitor-reports/logs-route-vault-bigquery#sink)\n- Learn how to [Write custom queries in BigQuery](/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/monitor-reports/custom-query)\n- Learn how to [View prebuilt reports in Connected Sheets](/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/monitor-reports/view-reports-sheets)\n- Learn how to [View prebuilt reports in Looker Studio](/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/monitor-reports/view-reports-lookerstudio)\n- Learn how to [Download prebuilt reports](/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/monitor-reports/view-reports-sheets#download)"]]
