Google Cloud Spanner

You can use the Commvault software to back up and restore Google Cloud Spanner.

Backups

Data You Can Back Up

  • Cloud Spanner instances

  • Cloud Spanner databases

Backups You Can Perform

  • Full backups

    Note

    Due to the way Google Cloud Spanner exports databases to the staging path, deduplication is not possible.

When You Can Perform Backups

  • On a schedule: The server plan that you assign manages scheduled backups.

  • On demand: You can perform on-demand backups at any time.

Restores

What You Can Restore

  • Entire instances

  • Individual databases

Backups You Can Use for Restores

  • The most recent backup: For example, restore the most recent backup to its original location

  • A backup from a specific date: For example, restore data to a point in time before it became unusable

  • Backups from a date range: For example, restore data that was accidentally deleted

Destinations You Can Restore To

  • The current location (in place)

    • Restore an entire instance

    • Restore a database to the instance that it was backed up from

  • A different location (out of place)

    • Restore an entire instance to a different project

    • Restore a database to a different instance

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