- INFORMATION
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gcloud alpha looker backups deleteis supported in universe domainuniverse; however, some of the values used in the help text may not be available. Command examples may not work as-is and may requires changes before execution. - NAME
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- gcloud alpha looker backups delete - delete a backup of a Looker instance
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud alpha looker backups delete(BACKUP:--instance=INSTANCE--region=REGION) [--async] [--endpoint-mode=ENDPOINT_MODE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(ALPHA)Delete a backup of a Looker instance.This command can fail for the following reasons:
- The instance specified does not exist.
- The backup does not exist.
- The active account does not have permission to access the given instance.
- EXAMPLES
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To delete a backup with ID
c24ad631-ad83-42f0-9f98-41e2b493263eon instance with namemy-looker-instance, run:gcloud alpha looker backups delete c24ad631-ad83-42f0-9f98-41e2b493263e --instance='my-looker-instance' - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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Backup resource - The instance of the backup to delete. 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; -
provide the argument
--projecton 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
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
--instance=INSTANCE-
The name of the Looker instance.
To set the
instanceattribute:-
provide the argument
backupon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--instanceon the command line.
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provide the argument
--region=REGION-
The name of the Looker region of the backup. Overrides the default looker/region
property value for this command invocation.
To set the
regionattribute:-
provide the argument
backupon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--regionon the command line; -
set the property
looker/region.
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provide the argument
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provide the argument
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Backup resource - The instance of the backup to delete. 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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--async- Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--endpoint-mode=ENDPOINT_MODE-
Specifies endpoint mode for a given command. Regional endpoints provide enhanced
data residency and reliability by ensuring your request is handled entirely
within the specified Google Cloud region. This differs from global endpoints,
which may process parts of the request outside the target region. Overrides the
default
regional/endpoint_modeproperty value for this command invocation.ENDPOINT_MODEmust be one of:global- (Default) Use global rather than regional endpoints.
regional- Only use regional endpoints. An error will be raised if a regional endpoint is not available for a given command.
regional-preferred- Use regional endpoints when available, otherwise use global endpoints. Recommended for most users.
- 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
looker/v1alpha2API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/looker/docs/reference/rest/ - REGIONAL ENDPOINTS
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This command supports regional endpoints. To use regional endpoints for this
command, use the
--endpoint-mode=regional-preferredflag. To use regional endpoints by default, run$ gcloud config set regional/endpoint_mode regional-preferred. - NOTES
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This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this
command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,
you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access
allowlist. This variant is also available:
gcloud looker backups delete
gcloud alpha looker backups delete
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