NAME
    gcloud metastore services backups create - backup a service

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud metastore services backups create
        (BACKUP : --location=LOCATION --service=SERVICE) [--async]
        [--description=DESCRIPTION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    Backup metadata and the resource configuration of a service.

EXAMPLES
    To make a backup named my-backup and description test description of the
    service my-service, run:

        $ gcloud metastore services backups create my-backup \
          --service=my-service --description='test description'

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
     Backup resource - Arguments and flags that specify the backup you want to
     create. 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 project attribute:
      ◆ provide the argument backup on the command line with a fully
        specified name;
      ◆ provide the argument --project on the command line;
      ◆ set the property core/project.

     This must be specified.

       BACKUP
          ID of the backup or fully qualified identifier for the backup.

          To set the backup attribute:
          ▸ provide the argument backup on the command line.

          This positional argument must be specified if any of the other
          arguments in this group are specified.

       --location=LOCATION
          The location of the Dataproc Metastore service.

          If not specified, will use default metastore/location.

          To set the location attribute:
          ▸ provide the argument backup on the command line with a fully
            specified name;
          ▸ provide the argument --location on the command line;
          ▸ set the property metastore/location.

       --service=SERVICE
          The identifier of the Dataproc Metastore service

          To set the service attribute:
          ▸ provide the argument backup on the command line with a fully
            specified name;
          ▸ provide the argument --service on the command line.

FLAGS
     --async
        Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to
        complete.

     --description=DESCRIPTION
        The description of this backup.

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 $ gcloud help for details.

API REFERENCE
    This command uses the metastore/v1 API. The full documentation for this API
    can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs

NOTES
    These variants are also available:

        $ gcloud alpha metastore services backups create

        $ gcloud beta metastore services backups create