Create a snapshot to preserve the state of your data

This guide shows you how to create a snapshot to preserve the state of your Filestore data. To learn more about snapshots, see Snapshots.

Create a snapshot

You can create a snapshot of an instance using one of the following methods:

Google Cloud console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Filestore instances page.

    Go to the Filestore instances page

  2. Click the instance that you want to create a snapshot of.

  3. Click the Snapshots tab and then click Create snapshot.

  4. For Snapshot ID, enter a name for the snapshot. The file share name and snapshot ID can have a combined length of up to 77 characters.

  5. Optional: Add a description or labels to the snapshot.

  6. Click Create.

gcloud CLI

To create a snapshot of an instance, run the instances snapshots create command. The --description and --labels flags are added as optional arguments:

gcloud filestore instances snapshots create SNAPSHOT_ID \
    --instance=INSTANCE_ID \
    --instance-location=LOCATION \
    --description="DESCRIPTION" \
    --labels=KEY=VALUE

Replace the following:

  • SNAPSHOT_ID with the name that you want to give the snapshot. The file share name and snapshot ID can have a combined length of up to 77 characters. For example, my-snapshot-1.
  • INSTANCE_ID with the name of the instance from which you want to create a snapshot. For example, my-instance-1.
  • LOCATION with the zone or region of the instance. For example, us-east1-b or us-central1, respectively. Note that your instance's service tier determines whether a zone or region is a valid argument.
  • DESCRIPTION with a description of the snapshot.
  • KEY=VALUE,... with one or more KEY=VALUE pairs that you want to include.

Example

The following command creates a snapshot of the instance nfs-server, which is located in us-central1. The snapshot is named nfs-server-snapshot.

gcloud filestore instances snapshots create nfs-server-snapshot \
    --instance=nfs-server \
    --instance-location=us-central1 \

List, view, update, and delete snapshots

You can list, view, update, and delete snapshots.

Google Cloud console

To manage your snapshots in the Google Cloud console:

  1. Go to the Filestore instances page.

    Go to the Filestore instances page

  2. Click the instance ID of the instance that you want to view snapshots of.

  3. Click the Snapshots tab.

From the Snapshots tab:

  • To see details about a snapshot, click its snapshot ID.
  • To edit a snapshot, click Edit in the snapshots details page.