This page describes the Cloud SQL enable automated backups recommender which helps you detect instances which are critical and have a risk of data loss.
The Cloud SQL enable automated backups recommender analyzes instance metadata and recommends to configure automated backups for production instances that have no automated backups enabled.
Recommendations are generated daily.
Pricing
The Cloud SQL enable automated backups recommender is in the Standard Recommender pricing tier.
Before you begin
Before you can view recommendations and insights, do the following:
- To get the permissions to view and work with insights and recommendations,
ensure that you have the required Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles.
Tasks Roles View recommendations One of these roles: recommender.cloudsqlViewer
orcloudsql.viewer
.Apply recommendations One of these roles: recommender.cloudsqlAdmin
,cloudsql.editor
, orcloudsql.admin
. -
Enable the Recommender API.
List reliability recommendations for enabling automated backups
You can list the enable automated backups recommendations by
using the Google Cloud console, gcloud CLI
, or the Recommender API.
Console
To list enable automated backups recommendations using the Google Cloud console, follow these steps:
Go to the Recommendation Hub.
For more information, see Getting started with Recommendation Hub.
In the Increase Cloud SQL instance reliability card, click View all.
Select instances with the Enable automated backups recommendation.
gcloud CLI
To list enable automated backups recommendations using gcloud CLI, run the
gcloud recommender recommendations list
command as follows:
gcloud recommender recommendations list \ --project=PROJECT_ID \ --location=LOCATION \ --recommender=google.cloudsql.instance.ReliabilityRecommender \ --filter=recommenderSubtype=ENABLE_AUTO_BACKUP
Replace the following:
PROJECT_ID
: Your project ID.LOCATION
: A region where your instances are located, such asus-central1
.
API
To list enable automated backups recommendations using the
Recommendations API, call the
recommendations.list
method as follows:
GET https://recommender.googleapis.com/v1beta1/projects/PROJECT-ID/locations/LOCATION/recommenders/google.cloudsql.instance.ReliabilityRecommender/recommendations
Replace the following:
PROJECT_ID
: Your project ID.LOCATION
: A region where your instances are located, such asus-central1
.
If the recommender detects instances for the enable automated backups recommendation, it lists them in a table. Each row shows the instance name, a brief recommendation, the current machine type, the recommended machine type, the location, and the last refresh date.
View insights and detailed recommendations
You can view insights and detailed recommendations about instances
that require enabling automated backups using the Google Cloud console,
gcloud CLI
, or the Recommender API.
Console
To view insights and detailed recommendations about instances that require enabling automated backups, click the recommendation link in the list of instances.
gcloud CLI
To view insights and detailed recommendations about instances that require enabling automated backups, run the
gcloud recommender insights list
command as follows:
gcloud recommender insights list \ --project=PROJECT-ID \ --location=LOCATION \ --insight-type=google.cloudsql.instance.ReliabilityInsight \ --filter=insightSubtype=CRITICAL_INSTANCE_AUTO_BACKUP_NOT_ENABLED
Replace the following:
PROJECT_ID
: Your project ID.LOCATION
: A region where your instances are located, such asus-central1
.
API
To view insights and detailed recommendations about instances that require enabling automated backups, use the
Recommendations API, call the
insights.list
method as follows:
GET https://recommender.googleapis.com/v1beta1/projects/PROJECT-ID/locations/LOCATION/insightTypes/google.cloudsql.instance.ReliabilityInsight/insights
Replace the following:
PROJECT_ID
: Your project ID.LOCATION
: A region where your instances are located, such asus-central1
.
Apply recommendation
To apply this recommendation, do the following:
- Click Enable automated backups in the Issues column. An Enable automated backups window displays providing a recommendation.
Click Edit instance > Data Protection > Automate daily backups to proceed.
For more information, see Automated backup and transaction log retention.