- NAME
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- gcloud bigtable backups update - update a backup, only supported for the following fields: --expiration-date and --retention-period
 
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud bigtable backups update(BACKUP:--cluster=CLUSTER--instance=INSTANCE) [--hot-to-standard-time=HOT_TO_STANDARD_TIME] [--expiration-date=EXPIRATION_DATE|--retention-period=RETENTION_PERIOD] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
 
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- DESCRIPTION
- Update a backup, only supported for the following fields: --expiration-date and --retention-period.
- EXAMPLES
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To update the expire time of backup BACKUP_NAMEto 7 days from now, run:gcloud bigtable backups update BACKUP_NAME --instance=INSTANCE_NAME --cluster=CLUSTER_NAME --retention-period=7dTo update the hot-to-standard time of backup BACKUP_NAMEto2019-03-31T10:49:41Z, run:gcloud bigtable backups update BACKUP_NAME --instance=INSTANCE_NAME --cluster=CLUSTER_NAME --hot-to-standard-time=2019-03-31T10:49:41ZTo update the hot-to-standard time of backup BACKUP_NAMEto 7 days from now, run:gcloud bigtable backups update BACKUP_NAME --instance=INSTANCE_NAME --cluster=CLUSTER_NAME --hot-to-standard-time=+P7dTo clear the hot-to-standard time of backup BACKUP_NAME, run:gcloud bigtable backups update BACKUP_NAME --instance=INSTANCE_NAME --cluster=CLUSTER_NAME --hot-to-standard-time=''
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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Backup resource - Cloud Bigtable backup to update. 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 projectattribute:- 
provide the argument backupon the command line with a fully specified name;
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provide the argument --projecton the command line;
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set the property core/project.
 This must be specified. - BACKUP
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ID of the backup or fully qualified identifier for the backup.
To set the backupattribute:- 
provide the argument backupon the command line.
 This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified. 
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provide the argument 
- --cluster=- CLUSTER
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Name of the Bigtable cluster.
To set the clusterattribute:- 
provide the argument backupon the command line with a fully specified name;
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provide the argument --clusteron the command line.
 
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provide the argument 
- --instance=- INSTANCE
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Name of the Bigtable instance.
To set the instanceattribute:- 
provide the argument backupon the command line with a fully specified name;
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provide the argument --instanceon the command line.
 
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provide the argument 
 
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provide the argument 
 
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Backup resource - Cloud Bigtable backup to update. 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.
- FLAGS
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- --hot-to-standard-time=- HOT_TO_STANDARD_TIME
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Time at which a hot backup will be converted to a standard backup; must be at
least 24 hours from backup creation time. Only applies for hot backups. See
$ gcloud topic datetimesfor information on date/time formats. See$ gcloud bigtable backups describefor creation time.
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At most one of these can be specified:
- --expiration-date=- EXPIRATION_DATE
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Absolute expiration time of the backup; must be at least 6 hours and at most 90
days from backup creation time. See $ gcloud topic datetimesfor information on date/time formats. See$ gcloud bigtable backups describefor creation time.
- --retention-period=- RETENTION_PERIOD
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Retention period of the backup relative from now; must be at least 6 hours and
at most 90 days from backup creation time. See $ gcloud topic datetimesfor information on duration formats. See$ gcloud bigtable backups describefor creation time.
 
 
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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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 $ gcloud helpfor details.
- API REFERENCE
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This command uses the bigtableadmin/v2API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/
- NOTES
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These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha bigtable backups updategcloud beta bigtable backups update
      gcloud bigtable backups update
  
  
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Last updated 2025-07-15 UTC.