# Google Cloud Spanner

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

## Backups

### Backup Granularity

- Cluster Level

### 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 backup plan that you assign manages scheduled backups.

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

## Restores

### Restore Granularity

- Cluster Level

### 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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