MCP Tools Reference: memorystore.googleapis.com

Tool: get_backup

Get detailed information about a Memorystore for Valkey backup.

The following sample demonstrate how to use curl to invoke the get_backup MCP tool.

Curl Request 
                  
curl --location 'https://memorystore.googleapis.com/mcp' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--header 'accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
--data '{
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_backup",
    "arguments": {
      // provide these details according to the tool's MCP specification
    }
  },
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1
}'

Input Schema

Request for GetBackup.

GetBackupRequest

JSON representation 
{
  "name": string
}
Fields
name

string

Required. Instance backup resource name using the form: projects/{project_id}/locations/{location_id}/backupCollections/{backup_collection_id}/backups/{backup_id}

Output Schema

Backup of an instance.

Backup

JSON representation 
{
  "name": string,
  "createTime": string,
  "instance": string,
  "instanceUid": string,
  "totalSizeBytes": string,
  "expireTime": string,
  "engineVersion": string,
  "backupFiles": [
    {
      object (BackupFile)
    }
  ],
  "nodeType": enum (NodeType),
  "replicaCount": integer,
  "shardCount": integer,
  "backupType": enum (BackupType),
  "state": enum (State),
  "encryptionInfo": {
    object (EncryptionInfo)
  },
  "uid": string
}
Fields
name

string

Identifier. Full resource path of the backup. the last part of the name is the backup id with the following format: [YYYYMMDDHHMMSS]_[Shorted Instance UID] OR customer specified while backup instance. Example: 20240515123000_1234
createTime

string (Timestamp format)

Output only. The time when the backup was created.

Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z", "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30".
instance

string

Output only. Instance resource path of this backup.
instanceUid

string

Output only. Instance uid of this backup.
totalSizeBytes

string (int64 format)

Output only. Total size of the backup in bytes.
expireTime

string (Timestamp format)

Output only. The time when the backup will expire.

Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z", "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30".
engineVersion

string

Output only. valkey-7.5/valkey-8.0, etc.
backupFiles[]

object (BackupFile)

Output only. List of backup files of the backup.
nodeType

enum (NodeType)

Output only. Node type of the instance.
replicaCount

integer

Output only. Number of replicas for the instance.
shardCount

integer

Output only. Number of shards for the instance.
backupType

enum (BackupType)

Output only. Type of the backup.
state

enum (State)

Output only. State of the backup.
encryptionInfo

object (EncryptionInfo)

Output only. Encryption information of the backup.
uid

string

Output only. System assigned unique identifier of the backup.

Timestamp

JSON representation 
{
  "seconds": string,
  "nanos": integer
}
Fields
seconds

string (int64 format)

Represents seconds of UTC time since Unix epoch 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. Must be between -62135596800 and 253402300799 inclusive (which corresponds to 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59Z).
nanos

integer

Non-negative fractions of a second at nanosecond resolution. This field is the nanosecond portion of the duration, not an alternative to seconds. Negative second values with fractions must still have non-negative nanos values that count forward in time. Must be between 0 and 999,999,999 inclusive.

BackupFile

JSON representation 
{
  "fileName": string,
  "sizeBytes": string,
  "createTime": string
}
Fields
fileName

string

Output only. e.g: .rdb
sizeBytes

string (int64 format)

Output only. Size of the backup file in bytes.
createTime

string (Timestamp format)

Output only. The time when the backup file was created.

Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z", "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30".

EncryptionInfo

JSON representation 
{
  "encryptionType": enum (Type),
  "kmsKeyVersions": [
    string
  ],
  "kmsKeyPrimaryState": enum (KmsKeyState),
  "lastUpdateTime": string
}
Fields
encryptionType

enum (Type)

Output only. Type of encryption.
kmsKeyVersions[]

string

Output only. KMS key versions that are being used to protect the data at-rest.
kmsKeyPrimaryState

enum (KmsKeyState)

Output only. The state of the primary version of the KMS key perceived by the system. This field is not populated in backups.
lastUpdateTime

string (Timestamp format)

Output only. The most recent time when the encryption info was updated.

Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z", "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30".

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