Backup and Restore with the GCP Console

The Google Cloud Console provides a user interface (UI) for creating and restoring backups as well as monitoring backup and restore operations.

The main UI for backup and restore is located in the Backup/Restore tab in either the Instance or Database details page. The Backup/Restore tab in the Instance details page displays all backups and operations in the instance (including backups of deleted databases) whereas the tab in the Database details page filters out the backups and operations of other databases.

Navigating to the UI

1. Go to the Instances page in the Cloud Console.

   Go to the instances page

2. Click on the instance that contains your desired backups or databases.

3. Click the Backup/Restore tab.

Creating a backup

1. In the Backups table, click the Create button.

2. Fill out the form and click the Create button. For more information, see How backup works.

Note: The UI does not support scheduled or recurring backups, but you can build that functionality by using the Cloud Spanner API in conjunction with other services like Cloud Scheduler. For an example, see the Cloud Spanner Scheduled Backups blog post.

Restoring a database from a backup

1. In the Backups table, select your desired backup and click the Restore button.

2. Fill out the form and click the Restore button. For more information, see How restore works.

Note: If you are restoring to a different instance, the restore operation appears in the instance containing the restored database, not the instance containing the backup.