Restoring a Google Cloud Spanner Database to Its Current Location (In Place)

You can restore a Google Cloud Spanner database to its current location (in place).

Procedure

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Databases.

   The Databases page appears.

2. On the Instances tab, click the instance to change the access node for.

   The Instances page appears.

3. On the Database groups tab, for the database group that contains the database to restore, click the action button , and then click Backup history.

   The Job history page appears.

4. Click the backup job ID that you want to restore.

   The job ID page appears.

5. Click Restore.

   The Backup content page appears.

6. Select the database and then click Restore.

   The Restore options dialog box appears.

7. Select In place.

8. To override the existing user credential by another user credential, select Override credentials for restore, and then from the Credential list, select a user credential.

9. Specify to overwrite or merge data at the destination:

   • To overwrite the existing data with the backed up data, select the Overwrite databases check box.

   • To merge the existing data with the backed up data, select the Merge databases check box.

10. Click Submit.