View a backup repository

This document describes how to view a backup repository for virtual machines (VMs) in Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped.

This document is for developers in platform administrator or application operator groups that manage VM Backup and restore operations. For more information, see Audiences for GDC air-gapped documentation.

Before you begin

To view a backup repository, you must have the following:

Request IAM permissions

To manage the lifecycle of VM backup resources, including creating, viewing, and deleting backup and restore plans within user clusters, ask your Organization IAM Admin to grant you the Organization Backup Admin (organization-backup-admin) role. This role lets you configure and execute VM data protection strategies.

View a repository

View a backup repository GDC console or kubectl.

Console

View a list of repositories using the GDC console.

  1. Sign into the GDC console.
  2. In the navigation menu, click Backup for Virtual Machines > Repositories.
  3. Click a repository in the list to view its details.

kubectl

View a backup repository by listing the backup repositories and viewing their details using kubectl.

  1. List the existing backup repositories:

    kubectl get backuprepositories.backup.gdc.goog -n PROJECT_NAME

  2. In the list, find the backup repository that you want to view.

  3. View the backup repository details:

    kubectl describe backuprepositories.backup.gdc.goog BACKUP_REPOSITORY_NAME -n PROJECT_NAME

    Replace the following:

    • BACKUP_REPOSITORY_NAME: the name of the backup repository.
    • PROJECT_NAME: the name of the project.

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